Midnight Oil Drummer Rob Hirst Dead at 70
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- Rob Hirst, drummer and founding member of Australian rock band Midnight Oil, has died at age 70 after a nearly three-year battle with pancreatic cancer, with the band confirming his peaceful passing surrounded by loved ones.
- Hirst co-founded Midnight Oil in the 1970s, contributing to the band's rise to fame with albums like 1982’s "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" and the internationally acclaimed 1987 album "Diesel and Dust," which included the hit "Beds Are Burning."
- Beyond Midnight Oil, Hirst was involved in other musical projects including Ghostwriters and the blues band Backsliders, and
