sad news then:
MELBOURNE - The drummer from 1980s Australian rock band Crowded House hanged himself in a park in southern Australia, an emergency services spokeswoman said Monday.
Paul Hester, 46, went missing on Friday. His body was found Saturday in a park near his home in the southern city of Melbourne, said Metropolitan Ambulance Service spokeswoman Liraje Memishi.
“I am devastated. I have lost one of my best mates,� former Crowded House singer Neil Finn told Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Hester, 46, failed to return home from walking his two dogs on Saturday night, said the newspaper on Monday.
The band’s Web site, frenz.com, said “...Paul Hester of Split Enz, Crowded House, Largest Living Things, and many other great projects, has taken his own life.�
“It is not a hoax or a rumor. At this point, it has been confirmed though we have no other details at this time.�
