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Paul Elliott

“Bon liked a drink, but he wasn’t just a wild man. And he was great to us. He’d ask us, ‘Got any money?’ When we said no, he’d pull out a huge wad of tenners and give us 20 quid to buy some beers”: The life and times of legendary AC/DC singer Bon Scott

Bon Scott.

There have been more accomplished singers than Bon Scott. Better looking singers, for sure. There have been bigger stars and more flamboyant showmen. But for many – especially those who knew him, or those who saw him fronting AC/DC in the ’70s – there was no cooler rock ’n’ roll star than Bon Scott.

His death on 19 February 1980, at the age of 33, was sudden and shocking. So many years later it remains a subject of mystery and rumour.

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