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Name	Michael Kelland Hutchence
Born	22 January, 1960 North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 November, 1997 (aged 37) Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	suicide
Education *	Killarney Heights High School (Sydney) (student, 1972-1973) Davidson High School (Sydney) (student, 1973-1974) Davidson High School (Sydney) (student, 1976-1977)
Occupation or Descriptor *	singer (1977-1997) New South Wales, Australia songwriter (1977-1997) New South Wales, Australia actor (film) (1986-1990) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	INXS (member, 1979)

* Dates are approximate

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