Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rob Hirst from Midnight Oil perform on November 4, 2017 in Hanging Rock, Australia. (Sam Tabone/Getty Images) Rob Hirst, founding ...

SYDNEY, Australia - Tributes are flowing for Rob Hirst, co-founder, co-songwriter and drummer for Midnight Oil, who died Wednesday (Jan. 20) following a years-long battle with cancer. He was 70. Hirst ...

Rob Hirst, the Australian rock drummer best known for cofounding the band Midnight Oil, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 70. Hirst's bandmates revealed the musician's death in an ...

Drummer Rob Hirst, who co-founded the Australian rock group Midnight Oil and co-wrote some of the band’s biggest hits, has died. He was 70. “After fighting heroically for almost three years, Rob is ...

Sad news: Midnight Oil co-founder and drummer Rob Hirst has died following a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. The band wrote, “After fighting heroically for almost three years, Rob is now ...

Australian rockers Midnight Oil announced Tuesday that drummer and co-founder Rob Hirst is dead at 70. “After fighting heroically for almost three years, Rob is now free of pain – ‘a glimmer of tiny ...

Robert Hirst, co-founder and drummer for Australian rock band Midnight Oil, has died after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 70. Hirst's band members announced the news to their fans ...

Rob Hirst, the founding drummer for Australian new wave greats Midnight Oil, has died. Hirst died due to complications from pancreatic cancer. "After fighting heroically for almost three years, Rob is ...

Rob Hirst — drummer, songwriter and founding member of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil — has died at age 70 following a bout with pancreatic cancer. Midnight Oil confirmed the news in a social ...