Malcolm McLaren: a life in pictures

McLaren, ever the shameless self-publicist, at the Edinburgh Festival
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Malcolm McLaren with Johnny Rotten in 1976
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The Sex Pistols, signing a new recording contract with A&M Records outside Buckingham Palace in London, 1977. (Left to right) Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Sid Vicious and Malcolm McLaren
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McLaren being led away by the police in May 1977. His arrest followed the infamous Sex Pistols boat trip which saw the band performing on the Thames outside the Houses of Parliament
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McLaren with Johnny Rotten, outside court in 1977
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McLaren, wearing a Ronnie Biggs T-shirt, in 1978
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Malcolm McLaren with Vivienne Westwood in 1981
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Malcolm McLaren in 1980
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McLaren, in 1999, after withdrawing his bid to be Mayor of London. His policies included legalising brothels and selling alcohol in libraries Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

McLaren is pictured at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006, attending a news conference about the film Fast Food Nation, which he co-produced Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters

In 2007, McLaren flew to Australia to be part of ITV's I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. He pulled out soon after landing, later claiming that the show was fake and no contestant was in any real danger. Former Sex Pistol John Lydon had participated in the show four years earlier
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McLaren pictured in 2008
Photograph: Ellis Parrinder