Mike Furber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMike Furber
Australian entertainer
Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1948
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 10-May-1973
Profession: stage actor
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Mike Furber
- Mike Furber (28 September 1948 – 10 May 1973) was an English-born Australia entertainer popular in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of Mike Furber and the Bowery Boys.
- Furber's group had hits with "Just a Poor Boy", "You Stole My Love" and "That's When Happiness Began" (all in 1966).
- In the Go Set Pop Poll, Furber was voted in the top 5 as most popular Male Vocalist in both 1966 and 1967 respectively.
- Furber's subsequent solo singing career was less successful and in the early 1970s he turned to stage musicals: including Godspell and Nuclear.
- Furber committed suicide on 10 May 1973, by hanging in the garage of his mother's Melbourne home.
- According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, "Reputedly in the depths of depression, he hanged himself ...
- It has been suggested, however, that Furber was actually murdered because he had befriended a King's Cross, New South Wales prostitute".
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