The musician, born in Queensland’s rural town of Kingaroy, played on hits including Massachusetts, I Started a Joke, To Love Somebody and Words.
Along with performances on several of the group’s early albums and tours around the world, Petersen and his bandmates, brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, played on the legendaryFrederick Colin Petersen of the Bee Gees has died.He was a member of the Bee Gees from 1967 to 1969, until he became disillusioned with their manager and left the group, later involved in lawsuits with the band’s management.
He was married to Joanne Petersen, the personal assistant of Beatles manager Brian Epstein. In 1967 she was the first to find the legendary music figure dead of a drug overdose in his London flat.
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