View 9 Lynne Corlett Michael Simpson Pete Burns - Pete Burns, Lynne Corlett, and Michael Simpson - the Dead or Alive singer's two major relationships - his ex wife of 25 years and his ex husband Lynne Corlett, who is she? Ex-wife of Pete Burns Lynne Corlett was married to the late Pete Burns for 25 years, but who is she? The couple married in 1980, five years before Pete's breakthrough with Dead or Alive and their hit song Spin Me Round in the Sun.
From 1978 to 2006, Pete Burns was married to stylist Lynne Corlett. He divorced her for Michael Simpson, with whom he had a civil partnership in 2007. Simpson and Burns divorced a year later but later reconciled. However, just ten months after their wedding, the singer has split from Michael Simpson, claiming that civil partnerships do not work and that he would be happier married to a woman. Burns, 49, was married
Pete Burns and Lynne Corlett (Photo courtesy of Mike Prior/Redferns) Michael Simpson, her second spouse (and first husband), marries her in 2007. Michael, Pete's second partner (Picture: PA) According to The Sun, Pete Burns began dating Michael Simpson about a year before he and his wife of 28 years divorced. Lynne Corlett stated that Burns was always "very honest" with her, and that the divorce was not prompted by his relationship with Simpson.
