Chrissie Amphlett has Died!

Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett dies

Australian rock legend Chrissy Amphlett, best known as the singer of the Divinyls, has died age 53.

Media reports say she was surrounded by family and friends at her New York home when she died.

Amphlett, who grew up in Geelong, Victoria, lived in New York with her husband, former Divinyls drummer Charley Drayton.

The cause of her death is not yet clear.

In 2010 she revealed she had breast cancer but in early 2011 she said she was in remission.

In 2007 she also revealed a battle against multiple sclerosis.

In March, she shared an insight into her health troubles via her official Facebook page.

"Unfortunately the last 18 months have been a real challenge for me having breast cancer and MS and all the new places that will take you," she wrote.

"You become sadly a patient in a world of waiting rooms, waiting sometimes hours for a result or an appointment.

"You spend a lot time in cold machines... hospital beds, on your knees praying for miracles, operating rooms, tests after tests, looking at healthy people skip down the street like you once did and you took it all for granted and now wish you could do that.

"I have not stopped singing throughout all this in my dreams and to be once again performing and doing what I love to do."

Along with singing, Amphlett acted for both the stage and screen and starred alongside Russell Crowe in the musical Blood Brothers in 1988.

The Divinyls' fame peaked with hit 1991 single I Touch Myself, which reached number one on Australian charts and also found success in the US and UK.

The band, also known for hit song Science Fiction, was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2006 but split in 2007 after a short tour.