Paul Hester was a rebellious schoolboy and the teachers at his school signed a petition requesting him to leave. In 1980 he became a founding member of the group Cheks, which evolved in 1982 into ...

Paul Hester, the drummer for the New Zealand pop band Crowded House, was found dead Saturday near his home in Melbourne, Australia. He was 46. The band's later albums were hits in Australia and in ...

Paul Hester, 46, onetime drummer with the Australian pop band Crowded House, died of an apparent suicide in Melbourne, Australia. Hester was found hanged Saturday in a park near his home, ...

Paul Hester, who has died aged 46, was the drummer with the two most internationally-successful bands to have come out of New Zealand, Crowded House and Split Enz. An Australian himself, Hester ...

Hester was born in 1959 in Melbourne, and was a member of Crowded House from the outset after he and Finn left new wave band Split Enz to begin the group in 1985.

Australian music is in shock today at news of the death of Paul Hester at the age of just 46. The musician was found dead in a Melbourne park on Saturday night and websites are talking of suicide.

Paul Hester, 46, went missing on Friday. His body was found Saturday in a park near his home in the southern city of Melbourne, said Metropolitan Ambulance Service spokeswoman Liraje Memishi.

PAUL Hester, who has died aged 46, was the drummer with the two most internationally successful bands to have come out of New Zealand, Crowded House and Split Enz.