Pete Farndon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pete Farndon

British musician

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1952

Place of Birth: Hereford, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 14-Apr-1983

Profession: guitarist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Peter Granville Farndon (12 June 1952 – 14 April 1983) was an English bassist and founding member of the rock band the Pretenders.
Farndon attended Hereford Cathedral School in his home city of Hereford, before embarking on his musical career with the Pretenders.
In addition to playing bass with the group, Farndon sang backup vocals and co-wrote two of the group's songs ("The Wait" and "Space Invader"), before a drug problem resulted in his being dismissed from the group on 14 June 1982.