Kevin Michael Wilkinson (11 June 1958 – 17 July 1999) was an English drummer, who was based in Baydon,

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, England.

Career

Born in

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, Staffordshire, Wilkinson is credited as a former official member of several successful British new wave acts, including

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(1980),

the Waterboys The Waterboys are a rock band formed in 1983 by Scottish musician and songwriter Mike Scott (Scottish musician), Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Britain and Ireland, with Scott re ...

(1983–84),

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(1983–89) and Squeeze (1995–96), as well as drummer for Holly Beth Vincent (1981–82). He also appeared in some of his affiliated bands' music videos. Throughout the course of his career, Wilkinson was a

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, performing with other artists as diverse as

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and Howard Jones. He was not related to Squeeze's bassist, Keith Wilkinson, although he was briefly a member of Squeeze at the same time as his namesake, and they can be seen in the video for " This Summer".

Personal life

Wilkinson was married to Marilyn Fitzgerald. They had three children.

Death

Wilkinson died by suicide on 17 July 1999, aged 41, by hanging himself in the family home in Baydon, near Swindon.

References

External links

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AllMusic credits listing
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, Kevin 1958 births Musicians from Stoke-on-Trent Musicians from Swindon 1999 suicides English drummers English male drummers New wave drummers English new wave musicians Squeeze (band) members The Waterboys members Suicides by hanging in England 20th-century English musicians 20th-century English male musicians 1999 deaths