Eydmann, 41, is thought to have suffered a heart attack while swimming in Lake Como on Monday.

"Something happened when he dived into the water but as yet we don't know what," a spokesman for the British consulate in Milan said. Eydmann was taken to a nearby hospital in the town of Menaggio, and died on Wednesday.

Eydmann was managing British band Spitfire in 1991 when he met Suede singer Brett Anderson at a Christmas party. He took over the ...