Classic Rock

RIP

Pete Franklin

October 28, 1961 – October 2, 2021

East Londoner Pete Franklin was the frontman/guitarist with hard rockers Dirty Deeds. Before that band, and again afterwards, he played with cult heroes Chariot. A gregarious man, Franklin liked to have fun and generated it among all those that knew him. He was 59 when he succumbed to pancreatic cancer.

Tom Leighton

March 11, 1988 – October 10, 2021

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