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Name	Ronald Belford Scott
Born	9 July, 1946 Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland
Died	19 February, 1980 (aged 33) East Dulwich, Surrey, England
Cause of Death	alcohol poisoning
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Sunshine Primary School (Melbourne) (student, 1952-1955) North Fremantle Primary School (WA) (student, 1956-1958) John Curtin Senior High School (Fremantle, WA) (student, 1959-1961)
Occupation *	rock'n'roll singer (1961-1967) Western Australia, Australia rock'n'roll singer (1967-1970) Victoria, Australia rock'n'roll singer (1970-1974) South Australia, Australia rock'n'roll singer (1974-1980) New South Wales, Australia
Groups *	Spektors (drummer, 1963-1966) Valentines (drummer, 1966) Valentines (vocalist, 1966)
Key Places *	Riverbank Detention Centre (Caversham, Perth) (inmate, 1963-1963)

* Dates are approximate