Dead Famous (novel) Dead Famous (novel) Dead Famous (2001) is a comedy/whodunit novel by Ben Elton in which ratings for a reality TV show, very similar to "Big Brother", rocket when a housemate is murdered. Unlike a typical whodunnit, Elton does not reveal the identity of the victim until around halfway into the book. The novel is about a murder that occurs on a reality television programme called "House Arrest", which is very similar to the program Big Brother, and the efforts of three police officers to identify the killer by watching all the video recordings of the ten housemates while the remaining
Dead Famous People provided backing vocals on The Chills' "Heavenly Pop Hit". The band contributed a version of "True Love Leaves No Traces" to the 1991 Leonard Cohen tribute album "I'm Your Fan". Savage continues with the Dead Famous People name, with various collaborators, and another album, "Secret Girls Business", was issued in 2002, featuring six previously-unreleased tracks. Dead Famous People Dead Famous People are a New Zealand indie pop band formed in Auckland, active from the latter half of the 1980s onward. Dead Famous People are still active today, Savage using various collaborators, with a new album being recorded in Auckland New