Vince Lovegrove
Australian musician, band manager, journalist and AIDS activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vincent James Lovegrove (19 March 1947 – 24 March 2012)[1][2] was an Australian musician, journalist, music manager, television producer and AIDS awareness pioneer.[3] He was a member of 1960s rock 'n' roll band The Valentines, sharing vocals with Bon Scott whom he later introduced to heavy rock group AC/DC.[3][4][5] As a journalist, he wrote for Australia's teen music newspaper Go-Set from 1971,[3][6][7] and was based in London for Immedia! from 1994 for over eight years.[8] As a manager, his former clients include pub rock singer Jimmy Barnes and rock group Divinyls.[3][9][10]
Vince Lovegrove | |
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Born | Vincent James Lovegrove (1947-03-19)19 March 1947 |
Died | 24 March 2012(2012-03-24) (aged 65) Bangalow, New South Wales, Australia |
Years active | 1966–2012 |
Spouse(s) | Helen Corkhill (m. 1972–1979) Suzi Sidewinder (m. 1985–1987) Caroline Thompson (m. 1994–1997) |
Children | 3 |
Musical career |
Both his second wife, Suzi Sidewinder, and their son, Troy Lovegrove, died of HIV/AIDS; each was the subject of documentaries by Lovegrove, Suzi's Story (1987) and A Kid Called Troy (1993)[11] respectively, which were telecast on Australian TV and internationally.[3][9][12] He wrote A kid called Troy: The moving journal of a little boy's battle for life in 1993,[13] and an unauthorized biography of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence in 1999.[14][15]
Lovegrove died in a car accident near Byron Bay, New South Wales on 24 March 2012.[16]