The founder of groundbreaking dating site, Gaydar has died in his native South Africa at the age of 51. Henry Badenhorst died after falling from a tower block on Saturday, news website Buzzfeed reported.

He co-founded Gaydar, a dating site for gay and bisexual men, in 1999.

Mr Badenhorst was born in Johannesburg and was named in the top five of the Independent's Pink List of influential gay men and women at least twice in the mid-2000s.

The exact details surrounding Mr Badenhorst's death remain unclear.