Article 78KPZ Pete Byrne, frontman of British new wave band Naked Eyes, dies aged 74

Pete Byrne, frontman of British new wave band Naked Eyes, dies aged 74

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Ben Beaumont-Thomas
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Pete Byrne, the frontman of British new wave group Naked Eyes who carried them to repeated chart successes in the US, has died aged 74.

The news was announced on the band's website and social media on Wednesday, stating that Byrne died peacefully in Los Angeles on 14 September after a brief illness.

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