2010 ➤ Rich Kid Steve New (aka Stella Nova) dies at 50 (original) (raw)
❚ Ex-RICH KIDS GUITARS/VOCALIST MIDGE URE:
“Another one of the good ones gone. My thoughts are with Steve’s family and close friends”
❚ Ex-RICH KIDS DRUMMER RUSTY EGAN, TONIGHT:
“Steve New R.I.P. – Loved by so many. It was a real pleasure to play with you again in 2010. You are now 12 miles high but always in our hearts”
❚ PHOTOGRAPHER STEVE CURRID:
“Steve was always one of the coolest kids in my school… was somehow allowed to bring his cherished acoustic guitar into school in St John’s Wood, and would walk from lesson to lesson strumming along. In later years we had lots of fun together”
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