[1] On 18 March 1994, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) responded to reports of a "naked black man acting crazy" at 1710 Fuller Avenue, the apartment where Lewis was living.

After being kept alive on a ventilator for several hours, the decision was made to end life-sustaining measures, acting on the advice of the hospital.

The following month, hundreds of people gathered at the Darlington Street Methodist Church in Wolverhampton for his funeral.

His manager, David Harper, covered most of the funeral expenses and the cost of returning Lewis's body to England, but did not attend the service.

It was so recklessKevin Bacon, whose Axis Studio discovered Lewis, said: Ephraim had the qualities to be a massive star...