Disgraced star dies

Robert Pilatus, the German half of the disgraced pop music duo Milli Vanilli, has died at the age of 32, apparently of a circulatory collapse, reports said. Pilatus was found dead in a Frankfurt hotel early on Saturday. An autopsy will be held.

The duo with American Fabrice Morvan, was near the top of the world charts in the late 1980s with Girl You Know It's True. But the group hit rock bottom in 1990 after Milli Vanilli producer Frank Farian revealed they did not sing on any of their songs.