14 Facts About Sebastian Horsley

Sebastian Horsley was born in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Sebastian Horsley was the eldest son of Nicholas Horsley, with a younger brother of his, Jasun Horsley, attending Pocklington School as a day-boy in the early 1980s.

Sebastian Horsley's name was officially changed by deed poll in 1967.

Sebastian Horsley had an older sister, a psychotherapist named Ashley, as well as a younger brother, Jasun Sebastian Horsley.

Sebastian Horsley's mother, the former Valerie Edwards, was a Welsh typist.

Sebastian Horsley's mother did not remarry but later became known as Valerie Walmsley-Hunter.

In 1983, Sebastian Horsley married Evlynn Anne Smith, the daughter of a Scottish painter and decorator, and who, together with Meriel Scott, constituted the art and furniture-design company Precious McBane.

Sebastian Horsley argued that prostitution should not be legalized, as that would take away part of its thrill.

Sebastian Horsley contributed a column to the monthly Erotic Review from 1998 to 2004.

Sebastian Horsley was denied entry into the United States on 19 March 2008, after arriving at Newark Airport for a book tour.

Sebastian Horsley had told the Associated Press that he had prepared for the visit; his one concession to immigration requirements, he said, had been the removal of his nail polish.

Sebastian Horsley was found dead at his London home on 17 June 2010 of a heroin and cocaine overdose.

Sebastian Horsley's funeral took place on 1 July 2010, at St James's, Piccadilly, and was attended by more than 400 mourners, among them Marc Almond and the writer Will Self.

Sebastian Horsley's coffin arrived at the church in a horse-drawn hearse.