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Sorry to report that James Honeyman-Scott, a founding member and lead guitarist of the Pretenders, was found dead in a friend's apartment in the Notting Hill district of West London on June 16. Honeyman-Scott reportedly died in his sleep after returning from a benefit for multiple sclerosis at London's Venue club.

September 1, 1982

ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

Sorry to report that James Honeyman-Scott, a founding member and lead guitarist of the Pretenders, was found dead in a friend's apartment in the Notting Hill district of West London on June 16. Honeyman-Scott reportedly died in his sleep after returning from a benefit for multiple sclerosis at London's Venue club. Associates claim that the guitarist had been complaining of not feeling well all day, and that he had not been using drugs or alcohol. A close friend iteporti however, that I Honeyman-Scott had known for two years that he had "a very bad liver." At presstime, an autopsy had failed to reveal the cause of death and a coroner's inguest had been ordered; Honeyman-Scott is , -survived by his wife, Peggy Sue.

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