{"id":3023,"date":"2026-06-17T11:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:05:30","slug":"legendary-80s-rock-star-passes-away-at-age-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=3023","title":{"rendered":"Legendary \u201980s Rock Star Passes Away at Age 70"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ad_ph\">\n<div class=\"ad_ph\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rob Hirst, the legendary drummer and founding member of Midnight Oil, has passed away at 70 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Known for powering some of Australia&#8217;s most iconic rock songs, Hirst helped lead Midnight Oil to international fame while championing causes such as Indigenous rights, environmental protection, and social justice.<\/p>\n<p>He leaves behind a remarkable musical legacy that influenced generations of fans and musicians around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTuOIxECTRc\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=405&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Ftiphero.com&amp;rp=%2F80s-rock-icon-passes-away-at-age-70%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawSfXjNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFFZGZxZzBocE9pN2l6WlQyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrsY5QniZrj1dw0lz5rjxrpynGqffek_iibHP4BzGaGZlfpxhf8pqJMH2x#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A1229.5%2C%22ls%22%3A492.90000000596046%2C%22le%22%3A791.5%7D\" height=\"942\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lliBsM5_f4A?si=Wn1EAdO7QsDhZ0ub\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Rob Hirst, the legendary drummer and founding member of Midnight Oil, has passed away at 70 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Known for <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=3023\" title=\"Legendary \u201980s Rock Star Passes Away at Age 70\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3025,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3023\/revisions\/3025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}