Alvin Stardust was due to release his first album for 30 years and six days after what became his last show at the Regal Cinema, Evesham. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer 18 months earlier, which later metastasised. Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961–62. However, he became better known
Stardust Memories quoted as saying: "shortly after "Stardust Memories" opened, John Lennon was shot by the very guy who had asked him for his autograph earlier in the day... This is what happens with celebrities: one day people love you; the next day they want to kill you." Aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports 69% approval of "Stardust Memories", with an average rating of 6.6/10. Janet Maslin wrote the work "is [Allen's] most provocative film thus far and perhaps his most revealing", and certainly "the one that will inspire the most heated debate". Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four and