Bones Hillman has died today at the age of 62 after his battle with cancer came to a tragic end. The Midnight Oil star - known as "the bassist with the beautiful voice" - died at home in Milwaukee in the early hours of Sunday morning.
In a statement his bandmates said: "We're grieving the loss of our brother. He was the bassist with the beautiful voice, the band member with the wicked sense of humour, and our brilliant musical comrade. "Bones joined Midnight Oil way back in 1987 after stints in various Kiwi bands, most notably, The Swingers. "He played and sang on every Midnight Oil recording since Blue Sky Mining and we did thousands of gigs together." They went on: "We will deeply miss our dear friend and companion and we send our
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