The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
New book claims to solve the mystery of Bon Scott’s death.
Angus-born star of AC/DC died in 1980 after night of heavy drinking in London
A new Bon Scott biography claims to solve the mystery of how he died.
Bon Scott was born Ronald Belford Scott in Forfar in 1946 and lived in Kirriemuir until 1952, when his family moved to Australia.
Once there he became part of one of music’s biggest success stories after joining Glasgow-born brothers Angus and Malcolm Young in their band AC/DC in 1974.
On February 19 1980, aged 33, Scott passed out after a night of heavy drinking in a London club and was left to sleep in a Renault 5 owned by former friend and neighbour Alistair Kinnear.
The following morning, Kinnear found Scott lifeless and alerted the authorities.
Scott’s body was taken to nearby King’s College Hospital. The coroner concluded that the vocalist had died due to acute alcoholic poisoning.
However, a new biography promises to divulge “startling new information about Bon’s last hours”.
The Last Highway: The Untold Story Of Bon Scott And AC/DC’s Back in Black will be out November.
Author Jesse Fink previously penned The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC.
The press release stated: “At the heart of Bon: The Last Highway is a special – and unlikely – friendship between an Australian rock star and an alcoholic Texan troublemaker.
“With unprecedented access to Bon’s lovers, newly unearthed documents, and a trove of never-before-seen photos, Fink divulges startling new information about Bon’s last hours to solve the mystery of how he died.”
Jesse Fink was born in London in 1973 and raised and educated in Sydney, Australia.
Already a seasoned journalist, Fink credits the music of AC/DC as the catalyst which possibly saved his life after he struggled to get over a divorce. gstrachan@thecourier.co.uk
“Fink divulges startling new information about Bon’s last hours to solve the mystery of how he died