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Ahmer Khokhar

Family of Scots rocker Bon Scott tried to stop AC/DC frontman from drinking before tragic death

The family of Scots rocker Bon Scott tried to stop his drinking before his tragic death from alcohol poisoning, a TV documentary reveals.

But their efforts to save the AC/DC frontman failed as he wouldn’t quit booze, according to his younger brother Derek.

The singer’s sibling reveals their mother, Isa, called out Bon’s heavy drinking before his death, at the age of 33, from acute alcohol poisoning in 1980.

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