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Pete de Freitas
BornPeter Louis Vincent de Freitas
(1961-08-02)2 August 1961
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Died14 June 1989(1989-06-14) (aged 27)
Longdon Green, England

Peter Louis Vincent de Freitas (2 August 1961 -14 June 1989) was a musician and producer, best known as a drummer with Echo & the Bunnymen.

De Freitas was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and educated by the Benedictines at Downside School. He joined the Bunnymen in 1979.

He died in a motorcycle accident in 1989 at the age of 27, on his way to Liverpool from London. He was riding a 900cc Ducati motorcycle on the A51 road in Longdon Green, Staffordshire and was in collision with a motor vehicle at approximately 16:00 hrs. Peter is survived by his only daughter Lucie-Marie de Freitas. His ashes are buried in Goring-on-Thames.

His sisters Rose and Rachel were founding members of the band The Heart Throbs. His brother Frank is the bass player of The Woodentops.

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