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Punk icon, muse to the Sex Pistols, dies at 70

Published: Oct. 06, 2025, 11:27 a.m.


Punks At The Palais
Soo Catwoman, a defining figure in the British punk rock scene, has died at age 70. (Left to right: punk fashion icon Soo Catwoman (Soo Lucas), guitarist Captain Sensible (Raymond Burns) of British punk group The Damned, singer Wreckless Eric, and Rat Scabies (Christopher Miller), also of the Damned, at Hammersmith Palais, London, 1976.) (Photo by David Corio/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Getty Images

By Megan Sims, cleveland.com

Soo Catwoman, a prominent figure in the British punk rock and fashion scene, died on Sept. 30 after a sudden illness. She was 70.

Born Susan Lucas, she became known as Soo Catwoman and was a fixture in the punk scene, often photographed with bands like the Sex Pistols and the Damned, Parade noted. Her striking look reportedly influenced musicians such as Keith Flint of the Prodigy.

Her children, Shem and Dion Lucas, announced her death on a GoFundMe page created for her funeral expenses. They said she “recently fell ill and was taken to hospital, and shortly after fell into a coma, which she sadly never awoke from.” She died surrounded by her family.

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