Vincent James Lovegrove was an Australian musician, journalist, music manager, television producer and AIDS awareness pioneer.
16 Facts About Vince Lovegrove
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Vince Lovegrove wrote A kid called Troy: The moving journal of a little boy's battle for life in 1993, and an unauthorized biography of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence in 1999.
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Vince Lovegrove died in a car accident near Byron Bay, New South Wales on 24 March 2012.
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Vince James Lovegrove was born on 19 March 1947 at the Devonleigh Hospital, Claremont, Western Australia, to Betty and Dudley Lovegrove and grew up in Applecross, Western Australia with his sisters Christine and Sue.
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Vince Lovegrove became a singer for Perth pop groups, The Dynells, The Dimensions and The Winstons, while working as a sales assistant at Pellew's Menswear.
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Vince Lovegrove moved to Adelaide in 1970 as a journalist for a magazine, and by 1971 he was writing for Go-Set, Australia's first pop music weekly newspaper, as a gossip and information columnist.
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Vince Lovegrove had a brief solo career, with a single in 1971, "Livestock" followed by "Get Myself Out of This Place" in 1972.
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Vince Lovegrove was a vocalist for Mount Lofty Rangers in early 1974, which included members of Fraternity and his former bandmate Bon Scott.
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From 1977, Vince Lovegrove helped develop and broadcast Australian Music to the World for Adelaide radio station, 5KA, and in 1978 produced a TV documentary of the same title.
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Vince Lovegrove relocated to Melbourne, reported on youth issues for Nine Network's A Current Affair and produced The Don Lane Show in 1978.
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In 1981, Vince Lovegrove moved to Sydney and became manager for rock band Divinyls, he organised their transfer from WEA to Chrysalis and their first tours of the United States.
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Vince Lovegrove had a minor role in the film, Monkey Grip, with Divinyls' members Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee supplying the soundtrack.
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Vince Lovegrove wrote A kid called Troy: The moving journal of a little boy's battle for life in 1993.
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Not long after, Vince Lovegrove was manager for Jimmy Barnes on his European tour.
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Vince Lovegrove alleged that Yates had deceived Hutchence and used her pregnancy to ensnare him.
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In July 2006 Vince Lovegrove wrote a profile of his friend Bon Scott for The Australian newspaper.