Tony Pike, Ibiza icon and founding father of the notorious Pikes Hotel, has died. He was 85 this yr.
Pike handed away over the weekend following an ongoing struggle in opposition to prostate and pores and skin most cancers.
His resort, Pikes, grew to become an establishment on the island after internet hosting Freddie Mercury’s party and was used as the situation for Wham’s ‘Club Tropicana’ video.
In 2017, Pike printed a memoir MR Pikes: The Story Behind the Ibiza Legend, detailing the story of his life on the White Isle.
In 2018, Pike began fundraising to assist cowl the therapy however the marketing campaign solely raised lower than half of the €26,000 euro aim.
11 years in the past Pike offered the legendary Pikes Hotel to Ibiza rocks, however remained a legendary determine on the Ibiza scene.
An official assertion from Pikes Hotel is forthcoming.
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