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On This Day, Feb. 19, 1980: AC/DC frontman Bon Scott died

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On This Day, Feb. 19, 1980 … Bon Scott, frontman and lyricist for Australian rock band AC/DC, died after a night out at a London club. He was 33. The coroner’s report said Scott died of acute alcohol poisoning. Scott was AC/DC’s second lead vocalist, replacing lead singer Dave Evans in 1974. Scott appeared on the band’s first seven albums, his last being 1979’s Highway to Hell. He was replaced by singer Brian Johnson, whose first album was the b…

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On This Day, Feb. 19, 1980: AC/DC frontman Bon Scott died

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On This Day in 1980, Bon Scott's Life Was Cut Short at 33

On February 19, 1980, the music world was shaken by the sudden death of Bon Scott, the charismatic lead vocalist of AC/DC. At just 33 years old, Scott’s life was cut short due to acute alcohol poisoning. His passing marked a significant turning point for the band and left an indelible mark on rock history. […]

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On This Day, Feb. 19, 1980: AC/DC frontman Bon Scott died – 106.5 The Arch

On This Day, Feb. 19, 1980 ...Bon Scott, frontman and lyricist for Australian rock band AC/DC, died after a night out at a London club. He was 33.The coroner’s report said… Source

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"When I met him he was this hippie dude, living up in the hills taking magic mushrooms." The making of Bon Scott: AC/DC frontman, sun-worshipper and night-crawler

At the height of AC/DC’s Australian success in the mid-70s, before they’d cracked it in Britain, let alone America, Bon Scott was already a star in his own mind. Sitting in some pub in Sydney, a large

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