O astro do rock australiano Ignatius Jones (Jimmy and the Boys) faleceu. Australian rock star Ignatius Jones (Jimmy and the Boys) passed away.

O astro do rock australiano Ignatius Jones, vocalista da banda Jimmy and the Boys dos anos 70 e 80, faleceu aos 66 anos após uma curta doença. Australian rock star Ignatius Jones, frontman of the 70s and 80s band Jimmy and the Boys, has passed away at 66 after a short illness. Nascido Juan Ignacio Rafaelo Lorenzo Trápaga y Esteban nas Filipinas, a família de Jones mudou-se para a Austrália quando ele era jovem. Born Juan Ignacio Rafaelo Lorenzo Trápaga y Esteban in the Philippines, Jones' family moved to Australia when he was young. A banda teve vários sucessos, incluindo um cover de 1979 de "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" do The Kinks e "They Won't Let My Girlfriend Talk To Me" de 1981. The band had numerous hits, including a 1979 cover of The Kinks' "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" and 1981's "They Won't Let My Girlfriend Talk To Me." Jones, que obteve a cidadania australiana em 1971, aposentou-se recentemente nas Filipinas, onde faleceu pacificamente. Jones, who gained Australian citizenship in 1971, had recently retired to the Philippines, where he passed away peacefully.