Steve Harley, the frontman of British glam rock bandCockney Rebel, died Sunday at 73 from cancer.
Harleys family said Sunday that he had passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side.
Harley said late last year he was being treated for a nasty cancer.
1 in the UK in 1975.
He was originally cast in the title role for the stage musical, but was replaced by Michael Crawford.
Harley also presentedSounds of the 70son BBC Radio 2 from 1999-2008.
Born in London in 1951, Harley spent almost four years of his childhood hospitalized after contracting polio.
He formed Cockney Rebel, which released its first album,The Human Menagerie, in 1973.
The musician had still been touring in January.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy, and two children, Kerr and Greta.
