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Angry Anderson, Rose Tattoo frontman, dies aged 79
September 23, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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Rose Tattoo frontman Angry Anderson has died aged 79, weeks after a cardiac arrest halted the band's farewell tour in Europe.
- Anderson suffered a cardiac arrest during the band's farewell tour in Germany last month and was treated in hospital before returning home to Australia.
- In a joint statement, Anderson's family and Rose Tattoo remembered him as a "devoted father, and much-loved bandmate."
- His 1987 ballad Suddenly, used for Scott and Charlene's wedding in Neighbours, reached the top three in the UK and Australia.