Re Styles (born Shirley Marie Macleod, 3 March 1950 – 17 April 2022) was a singer, designer and actor best known as a member of

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. Styles has been said to have been born in either The Netherlands or in

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, Kentucky, U.S.A. Her parents were Duncan A. Macleod and Shirley L. Macleod; her father died fighting in

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in 1951. Styles grew up in Seattle, attending Nathan Hale High School and moved to San Francisco in 1968. She worked as a model, appearing in fashion spreads for the

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department store and the magazine ''

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''. In the early 1970s she worked as an actor, including the role of "Klen's Lover" in

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’s 1973 film '' The Holy Mountain'', for which she used the name 'Re Debris'. She is also rumoured to be in the cast of

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's 1974 film '' Space is the Place''. She may also have appeared in soft porn magazines such as ''

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'' and '' Oui''; sources differ on whether this occurred before or during her time in The Tubes. She met The Tubes in 1975; the group had just completed its debut album. She became their costume designer, and then danced onstage at their live shows, and also became the band's co-lead vocalist alongside

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. She also entered into a relationship with the band's drummer

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, who also toured with The Tubes at this time, co-wrote the group's first hit single, "Don't Touch Me There", which was recorded as a duet between Styles and Waybill. "Prime Time", from the fourth Tubes album ''

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'' was also similarly a duet. Styles was a prominent member of The Tubes when the group appeared in the 1980 film '' Xanadu'' however she left shortly afterwards. Waybill later told ''

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'' magazine that by this time Styles was 'in bad shape... she didn't really want to tour anymore. So she kind of left the band at that point... She was really a talented girl.' Following her time in The Tubes, Styles worked as a landscape gardener in Seattle, as well as a home remodeller, party planner, and flower arranger. She died in her sleep following a stroke.

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