John “Rambo” Stevens Dies: John Lydon Manager Produced Documentaries On The Sex Pistols & Public Image Ltd.
deadline.comJohn “Rambo” Stevens, the longtime manager of singer John Lydon, aka Johnny Rottern, and the producer of a series of music documentaries about Lydon’s famed punk band the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd., died yesterday after suffering an aortic heart dissection.
His death was announced by Lydon and PiL. Additional details were not immediately available. “We are devastated to share the news that John Lydon’s best friend and long term manager John Rambo Stevens has passed away after suffering an aortic heart dissection yesterday,” the statement reads. “In true Rambo fashion, he battled until the very, very end, long past the doctor’s predictions.” Noting Stevens’ “unwavering loyalty to John,” the PiL team offered “heartfelt condolences to John and Rambo’s wife Laura and all the family, who have asked for privacy at this time.” In addition to managing Lydon, Stevens is credited as executive producer on such films about and featuring the Pistols or PiL as There’ll Always Be an England (2008); John Lydon in There Is a PiL in Heaven (2012); Christmas with the Sex Pistols (2013); and, most recently, The Public Image is Rotten (2017).
Stevens is survived by wife Laura. By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services.
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