{"id":107224,"date":"2025-08-30T18:52:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T18:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/107224\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T18:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T18:52:05","slug":"iron-maiden-star-died-penniless-and-alone-in-flat-despite-bands-millions-music-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/107224\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Maiden star died penniless and alone in flat despite band’s millions – Music – Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Di’Anno<\/a>, the former frontman of Iron Maiden, tragically passed away last week at the age of 66.<\/p>\n

The rocker, who was once the heart and soul of the metal band, died penniless and alone after being dismissed from the group despite contributing to two hit albums.<\/p>\n

Reports suggest that his penchant for partying and drugs created friction within the band, leading to his dismissal at the tender age of 23.<\/p>\n

In his later years, Paul found himself wheelchair-bound and sold his royalty rights for a mere $67k.<\/p>\n

Born as Paul Andrews in Chingford, Essex, he joined Iron Maiden in 1978 and departed in 1981.<\/p>\n

A neighbor spoke to MailOnline about the tragic event, stating: “Two nurses or carers greeted the paramedics and let them into the property. I think it must have been them who found Paul and raised the alarm.”<\/p>\n

The same neighbor fondly remembered Paul as someone who was “always smiling and waving” whenever they passed by.<\/p>\n

Following his death, a statement from Paul’s label read: “On behalf of his family, Conquest Music are sad to confirm the death of Paul Andrews, professionally known as Paul Di’Anno.”<\/p>\n

It continued: “He sang on their groundbreaking debut album Iron Maiden, and the influential follow-up release, Killers.<\/p>\n

“Since leaving Iron Maiden, Paul Di’Anno had a long and eventful recording career with Battlezone and Killers as well as numerous solo releases and guest appearances.<\/p>\n

“Despite being plagued by severe health issues in recent years that confined him to performing in a wheelchair, Paul continued to entertain his fans around the globe, racking up well over 100 shows since 2023.”<\/p>\n

The statement concluded: “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.”<\/p>\n

A neighbor spoke to MailOnline about the tragic event, stating: “Two nurses or carers greeted the paramedics and let them into the property. I think it must have been them who found Paul and raised the alarm.”<\/p>\n

The same neighbor fondly remembered Paul as someone who was “always smiling and waving” whenever they passed by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Di’Anno, the former frontman of Iron Maiden, tragically passed away last week at the age of 66.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,29576,134,40268,22657,25790,136,7385,76865],"class_list":{"0":"post-107224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrity-deaths","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-financial-struggles","13":"tag-health-issues","14":"tag-iron-maiden","15":"tag-music","16":"tag-music-section","17":"tag-paul-dianno"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}