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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Australia
- Active from
- 1956-09-03
- Active to
- 2026-01
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Rob Hirst (born Robert George Hirst in Camden, NSW, on 3 September 1955; died 20 January 2026) was an Australian musician remembered for being a co-founder of rock band Midnight Oil on drums, percussion and backing vocals (and sometimes lead vocals), and also one of the band's chief songwriters. In the mid-1990s, while Midnight Oil were taking a break, Hirst joined up with guitarist Andrew Dickson and Hoodoo Gurus bass guitarist Rick Grossman to form a side project, Ghostwriters. <a href="htt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rob
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Australia
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Record label
- Virgin Records
- Official website
- robhirst.com.au
- Image
- Rob-Hirst.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1955-09-03
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- name in native language
- Rob Hirst
- birth name
- Robert George Hirst
- end of work period
- 2026-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- medical condition
- pancreatic cancer
- date of death
- 2026-01-20
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