Lil’ Chris has died at the age of 24.
According to BBC News the singer, whose real name was Chris Hardman, was found dead at an address in Lowestoft.
You may remember him from the second series of Channel 4’s Rock School, starring Gene Simmons. He went on to have a number of UK top 20 singles including Checkin’ It Out.
A post-mortem examination will be carried out to determine the cause of death which is not being treated by police as suspicious.
A number of stars, including Harry Judd and Caroline Flack, have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to him…
RIP Chris Hardman aka lil Chris 🙁 only 24 years old so sad!
— Dynamo (@Dynamomagician) March 24, 2015
Oh my god . Lil Chris . He was a regular guest on TMI. Always always such a polite lovely guy . That’s so sad
— caroline flack (@carolineflack1) March 24, 2015
Shocked and saddened to hear the news about Lil’ Chris. He supported us a while back and was a little star and an awesome guy. #RIPChris
— Harry Judd (@mcflyharry) March 24, 2015
Can’t believe the sad news about lil Chris. We worked with him a few years ago and he was a lovely young lad..taken too soon. Mark #ripchris
— Sam & Mark (@samandmarktv) March 24, 2015
