Yes, sadly, this is true. Her official Twitter confirmed about an hour ago: and NME and the BBC have reported it as well: http://www.nme.com/news/x-ray-spex/56316 I remember hearing X-Ray Spex for the first time in high school via a foreign exchange student from England whom I befriended mostly because she had cool new records from England that I knew I needed to hear. Indeed Poly Styrene was one of the forces that made me the woman I am today. The last tweet Poly wrote (posted this past Wednesday, April 19): Cancer is a robber that must be stopped! RIP Poly Styrene Sent from my iPhone
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