Nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow has died at the age of 77, a spokesman has said.
Stringfellow was known to have cancer and he passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The businessman - aka the 'King Of Clubs' - was famous for his successful London nightclub and for his bubbly personality. He also opened a string of venues around the world.
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His publicist, Matt Glass, said: "It's very sad news. He passed away in the early hours of this morning. It was kept very private, he didn't want to tell. He wanted to keep it a secret."
Stringfellow was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2008 but chose to keep his health problems secret for a number of years.
He told the Express of that decision a few years later: "I do feel guilty about not telling the press at the time.
"But I didn't want to be known as 'poor old Pete who had cancer'. I think I just wanted to avoid all the sympathy.
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"But every year since I have felt more and more guilty because, if I had made it known more widely, there's a chance I might have been able to help other men in a similar position."
Stringfellow leaves behind a 27-year-old wife, Bella Wright, and four children Karen, Scott, Rosabella and Angelo, from three marriages.
Sheffield-born Stringfellow was also a grandfather to Taylor, Jamie, Thomas and Isabelle.
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Stringfellow was known for rubbing shoulders with celebrities, including the Beatles, from around the world since beginning his nightclub empire in the 1960s.
RIP Peter Stringfellow.
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