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Jaya Narain & Susan Knox

Primal Scream's Martin Duffy died ‘penniless and abandoned by bandmates' inquest hears

Rock star, Martin Duffy, died in a drunken fall after he became "distraught and upset" when he was suspended from his band Primal Scream, an inquest heard.

Duffy, 55, a band member for more than 30 years, had been told to take time out and get help for his alcohol dependency.

Distraught and upset, he began drinking heavily, regularly consuming large amounts of alcohol each day, his inquest heard.

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