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Death and legacy. On 22 January 1997, MacKenzie killed himself by overdosing on a combination of paracetamol and prescription medication in the dog kennel in the garden of a bungalow he owned at Auchterhouse, Angus. He was 39 years old.
Jun 12, 2013 · He died from a drug overdose in a shed at his father Jim’s home in Dundee in January 1997. He was 39. Brother Jimmy, 32, died after overdosing at a flat in Dundee’s Mary Slessor Square in...
Willam (Billy) MacKenzie, singer and songwriter: born Dundee 27 March 1957; died Auchterhouse, Tayside 22 January 1997.
Feb 2, 2017 · Billy MacKenzie formed The Associates in Dundee in 1979. He died from an overdose of prescription drugs in a shed at dad Jim’s home in Dundee months later.
Jun 1, 2017 · Billy MacKenzie died 20 years ago in January. He would have turned 60 last month had he lived, but these major anniversaries remained little remarked upon within the wider musical world. I expected a BBC 4 night of celebrations, a TOTP best of at least, but there was nothing.
- Cath Bore
Jan 20, 2012 · Sulk. The group fell apart when Rankine left, but at the time of Mackenzie’s suicide on January 22nd, 1997, he had been planning a comeback.
Feb 5, 2022 · On the 25th anniversary of Billy Mackenzie’s death, a new three-CD package brings together two of the singer’s later albums containing previously unreleased recordings.