AUSSIE rock icon Billy Thorpe has died after suffering a heart attack.
Mr Billy Thorpe did pass away at St Vincent's Hospital in the early hours of this morning, St Vincent's spokesman David Faktor said.
I understand he passed away from a heart attack.
His family were with him when he passed away.
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Emergency crews attended his home in Sydney just after midnight (AEDT), where the 60-year-old was suffering from chest pains.
He was accompanied by his family when ambulance officers took him to St Vincent's Public Hospital.
He remained in emergency in a serious condition but went into cardiac arrest around 2.30am (AEDT).
Hospital staff were unable to revive him.
Thorpe was born in England but emigrated with his family to Brisbane in the 1950s.
He moved to Sydney in 1963 and recorded his first song the next year with his band Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs.
They went on to perform at sellout venues across Australia and had a string of hits in the 60s and 70s, including Some People I Know.
His music career spanned five decades and he also wrote two autobiographies.
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