February 4, 1982:
Alex Harvey dies at the age of 47
May 3, 1972: Les Harvey
dies at the age of 27
Alex Harvey, RA 280 K
Les Harvey, RA 224K
Following a rare European tour,
Alex Harvey was stricken in Zeebruggen, Belgium, with two heart
attacks.He was Waiting there for the ferryboat which supposed
to bring him back to England. Alex died the night of his birthday
in a hospital in Brugge. Rock lost one of its most enigmatic and
original proponents on February 4, 1982, the day before Alex Harvey
would have turned 47.Leslie Harvey younger brother
of Alex first recorded work was on an Alex Harvey LP called "
The blues" in 1964 when Leslie was 16 years old. He joined
his brothers band and from then until the formation of Stone The
Crows in 1966 . They made music for 3 years or so, until Leslie's
untimely death by electrocution on stage in Swansea in May 1972. |
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