The Age has reported that Doc Neeson, co-founder and lead singer of The Angels, has died at age 67, just 18 months after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Neeson passed away “peacefully” today at 7.15am according to sources close to the singer.
Bernard Patrick Neeson was born on January 4, 1947 in Belfast and emigrated with his family to Adelaide. He was was conscripted into the Australian army, serving as an education corps in Papua New Guinea in the late 1960s. Later, he went back to university and completed degrees in film and drama.
Neeson was a member of the Moonshine Jug and String Band with Rick and John Brewster. The band became The Keystone Angels in 1974, and later The Angels with Neeson as lead singer and frontman. The band’s hit singles included ’Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again,’ ‘Take a Long Line’, ‘Marseilles’, ‘Shadow Boxer’ and ‘No Secrets’.
Neeson announced his departure from The Angels on New Year’s Eve 1999after suffering a severe spinal injury in a car accident. However, a reunion toour with the original band members took place in 2008. In August 2008, Doc Neeson and his songwriting partners in The Angels, the Brewster Brothers, were inducted into The Australian Songwriters Association Hall of Fame.
On 10 January 2013 it was announced that Neeson was diagnosed with a brain tumor and would undergo immediate treatment.
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