Boy George left devastated after his good friend committed suicide

He wrote: "My long time friend @alifromdapally took her own life. I am struggling with this. I'm am devastated but I need to say how much I loved her!"

The 'Karma Chameleon' hitmaker was inundated with messages of support from his followers.

One said: "I am so incredibly sorry. My cousin took his own life three years ago, so I understand the pain. My heart goes out to you", while another wrote: "Sending you lots of love at this hard time x."

Hours earlier, Alice wrote on her own Twitter page: "Please know I am more at peace now than I have been in a very long time and there is nothing anyone could have done."

She accompanied her sad words with a picture which said "Au Revoir Mon" and had a little black heart attached.

Boy George also replied to one of his followers and said the situation was "just awful".

The 54-year-old star recently revealed how he had turned his life around after reaching a new low.

He said: "I think life is about growing into yourself and getting to like that person. I don't know what the switch is from being insane to sane. It could be a number of things, what I eat, drink.

"You have to change the way you look at things. In my case I was taken to the point when I got to such a low place and the way I was dealing with it wasn't making it any better.

"You have to get smart and say, OK being a f**k-up isn't something I do well. I am much better sober, functioning and calm."