Actor and singer Adam Faith has died from a heart attack.
The 62-year-old was staying at a hotel in Stoke-on-Trent when he was taken ill. An ambulance was called and he was taken to hospital.
Doctors fought in vain to resuscitate the actor who has a history of heart trouble, his agent Alan Field says.
Faith, who lived in the village of Tudeley in Kent, leaves a wife, Jackie, and daughter Katya, aged 32.
Mr Field said: "He had a major heart attack and died around 2am.
"He completed last night's show. In the early hours of this morning he got into difficulties. The emergency services were called and he was taken to hospital. He was in cardiac arrest at the hospital and he never regained consciousness."
In tribute to the man he considered a good friend as well as his client, Mr Field said: "Terry, or Tel, as we called him was one of the best communicators that I ever knew. It could be a taxi driver in the street or a member of royalty - he was able to communicate with everybody at every level and he was respected and loved by them all.
"He came through in the pioneering days of pop music and he really was a big icon along with Cliff Richard - they were the first wave of the British version of the pop music world."
Born Terry Nelhams in June 1940 on a council estate in Acton, west London, Faith was the third of five children. He adopted his stage name, Adam Faith, and went on to have a series of chart hits including number one singles What Do You Want and Poor Me.