Musician Ian Morris was found dead yesterday morning in Napier.
The 53 year-old was a founding member of iconic Kiwi band Th' Dudes and worked as a producer and record engineer with many musicians during his career.
Napier police would not provide details about Mr Morris' death today but said no suspicious
circumstances existed.
Peter Urlich, Dave Dobbyn and Ian Morris were school friends at Sacred Heart College and on leaving school they all shared the dream of becoming musicians.
Th' Dudes began rehearsing in the summer of 1975 and went on to have national and international success. Mr Morris left the band in 1980 and continued to sing in Hawke's Bay in recent years.
He married When the Cat's Away singer Kim Willoughby.
