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Original AC/DC drummer Colin Burgess has died at 77. The Australian helped form the group in 1973

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The rock band AC/DC has confirmed on social media that its original drummer Colin Burgess has died. He was 77. The Australian rocker was an original member of AC/DC when it formed in November 1973. The band fired him in February 1974 for being drunk on stage. He later said someone had spiked his drink. The Facebook post described Burgess as a respected musician. No cause of death was given. Burgess earlier played with the Australian group The Masters Apprentices. That group was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame in 1998.

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