Rocker Paul Di’Anno, Iron Maiden’s original vocalist, dies at 66

Paul Di’Anno, Iron Maiden’s first lead singer, died Monday. “Conquest Music are proud to have had Paul Di’Anno in our artist family and ask his legion of fans to raise a glass in his memory,” the label said. “We are all deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Paul Di’Anno earlier today,” Iron Maiden said in a statement issued on behalf of the band, co-managers Andy Taylor and Rod Smallwood and the entire Iron Maiden team. Born Paul Andrews in Chingford, East London, on May 17, 1958, Di’Anno made a name for himself as a member of Iron Maiden from 1978-81. In 2023, Di’Anno confirmed that Iron Maiden had helped him pay medical bills for the last few months of treatment, saying that he would be “forever grateful for that.”