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However, on 19 February 1980, Scott died after a night out in London with former musician and alleged drug dealer Alistair Kinnear. AC/DC briefly considered disbanding, but the group recruited vocalist Brian Johnson of the British glam rock band Geordie.
It’s an overcast day in early December 2004, and Classic Rock is making its way to a fateful setting: number 67 Overhill Road, in East Dulwich, South London. This is where AC/DC's Bon Scott died, his body found abandoned in a Renault 5 car parked on the road just outside the address nearly 25 years ago.
On February 19th, 1980, the body of Bon Scott, lead singer of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, was found in his car having asphyxiated on his own vomit after a night of drinking. Nothing seemed particularly off the night previous.
Bon Scott was found dead on Feb. 19, 1980. The AC/DC frontman had been out drinking with friends – but the casual evening took a terrible turn as Scott passed out in his car, and ultimately...
On February 19, 1980, Bon Scott died in London after a night of partying. The official cause was acute alcohol poisoning — but some believe there's more to the story. On a fateful night in 1980, Bon Scott, the frontman for the Australian rock band AC/DC, climbed into the backseat of a parked car in London.
After slogging it out through 15 years of touring, boozing and in-your-face performances, Bon Scott was on the cusp of international stardom with AC/DC. Then, out of the blue, he was found dead in a tiny Renault on a freezing day in London in 1980. He was 33.
Bon Scott’s death is arguably to rock music what the JFK assassination is to American political history: the great unsolved mystery of our time.
His death was due to “acute alcohol poisoning” and classified as “death by misadventure” in the coroner’s report. Kinnear, who had been out with Scott that evening said he couldn’t wake him...
Scott was just 33 years old and his cause of death was listed as "acute alcohol poisoning," but it was concluded that the rocker choked to death on his own vomit, per The Bay Online. Upon...
Bon Scott, vocalist for Australian hard rock group AC/DC, died of acute alcohol poisoning on February 19th, 1980 at the age of 33. Following an evening of heavy drinking at London, England venue the Music Machine, Scott passed out. The singer was left to sleep in a Renault 5 car, a vehicle owned by an acquaintance of Scott’s.