Rock star dies at seventy-nine

Angry Anderson, real name Gary Anderson, frontman of Australian rock band Rose Tattoo, has died aged seventy-nine. He rose to fame from nineteen seventy-six.

Suddenly made him a global star

Anderson's solo song Suddenly became a worldwide hit after it was played during the wedding of Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan's characters Scott and Charlene in Neighbours. The episode was watched by twenty million people in the UK in nineteen eighty-eight.

Minogue insisted on the song

Anderson said Minogue had been adamant that Suddenly was used for the scene. He later declared it was the best song he had ever written.

“adamant”

Cardiac arrest on farewell tour

Before his death, Anderson suffered a cardiac arrest while on Rose Tattoo's farewell tour in Europe last month. He was treated in hospital before returning to Australia, and the band cancelled nine live dates.

Donovan pays tribute to legend

Jason Donovan paid tribute to Anderson on Instagram, saying Legend and thanking him for wonderful music and memories. Anderson's family and Rose Tattoo said his loss would be deeply felt by all who knew him.

“Legend! What a great guy.”

Honours and later reunions

Born in Melbourne in nineteen forty-seven, Anderson was made a Member of the Order of Australia in nineteen ninety-three for service to the community. Rose Tattoo were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in two thousand and six.