R.I.P., Ari Up of the Slits

Punk icon Ari Up — also known as Arianna Foster — has died of an undisclosed illness, according to her step-father John Lydon’s site. Here’s what Spin magazine says about the death of the frontwoman of England’s pioneering punk band, the Slits. 

Ari Up — co-founder of the iconic British punk band the Slits — died October 20, according to the Sex Pistols’ John Lydon, who reported the news on his site. Up, who was born Arianna Forster, succumbed to a “serious illness,” according to Lydon, who is married to Up’s mother. She was 48.