Genesis P-Orridge

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson; 22 February 1950 – 14 March 2020) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, and occultist. P-Orridge was known as the founder of the COUM Transmissions artistic collective and frontman of seminal industrial band, Throbbing Gristle. 

They were also a founding member of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth occult group, and fronted the experimental band Psychic TV. 

P-Orridge identifies as third gender.

In October 2017, P-Orridge was diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia. They died from the disease on 14 March 2020 in New York City, aged 70.Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Dead at 70

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