Australian music legend Ignatius Jones, finest often called the frontman of Sydney rock band Jimmy and the Boys, has died. He was 67.
His sister Monica Trapaga introduced the information on social media this morning, revealing he had died on Tuesday night time in his house within the Philippines following a “quick sickness”.
”We’re completely devastated to announce the passing of my brother, Juan Ignacio Trapaga, the formidable Ignatius Jones,” Trapaga wrote on Fb. “We love you.”
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“His family and friends will bear in mind Iggy as a bon-vivant, a energetic raconteur and an actual Renaissance man, immensely and passionately educated in historical past and the humanities,” Trapaga mentioned in her assertion.
“The humanities neighborhood in Australia has misplaced a champion, and dinner events will now be much less attention-grabbing, along with his passing.”
Born within the Philippines in 1957, Jones – identified a ‘Nacho’ by his household and ‘Iggy’ by his buddies – moved to Wahroonga, Sydney, as a baby.
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He fronted Jimmy and the Boys – identified for hit They Will not Let My Girlfriend Speak To Me and their cowl of The Kinks’ I am Not Like All people Else – within the ’70s and ’80s, earlier than signing a solo cope with Warner Information after the band broke up.
He then went on to kind jazz and cabaret band Pardon Me Boys along with his sister, Trapaga, who has additionally been a Play College presenter.
Exterior of music, Jones was the director of the Sydney New 12 months’s Eve Celebrations from 1996 to 2002, and he personally directed the Metropolis of Sydney’s Millennium Celebrations.
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Jones, alongside David Atkins, was additionally the inventive director for the Sydney Olympic Video games Opening Ceremony in 2000, in addition to the Harbour Spectacular Closing Ceremony.
In 2018, he was awarded a full membership of the Order of Australia by the late Queen Elizabeth II as a part of the Australia Day honours for his contribution to leisure and literature.
Later that very same yr, he married his long-time companion, Novy Bereber, with whom he retired to the Philippines in 2022.
Trapaga mentioned: “He’s survived by his husband, Novy, his mom, Margot Martin, his brother Luis Miguel, sisters, Rocio and Monica, and a gaggle of nieces and nephews.”
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