By Craig Garrett, Suggest | Chris Doheny, frontman of the Australian pop-rock band Geisha and voice behind the soccer anthem “More Than a Game,” has passed away. Doheny was driving a Holden ute that collided with a truck on Thiele Hwy in Kapunda, South Australia, near the Barossa Valley, around 7:20 pm on September 19, according to local outlet 7 News.
The outlet reported that the 64-year-old died at the scene.
SA Police confirmed that the truck driver and his passenger were not injured.
“It is with deep sadness that Diamond Dog Records announces the passing of Geisha frontman, Chris Doheny, on Friday,” the musician’s Melbourne label explained.
“At this difficult time, we kindly ask for privacy and understanding as we, along with Chris’s family and friends, come to terms with this profound loss.”
Doheny was best known for “More than a Game,” the iconic theme of The Footy Show, featured in 735 episodes from 1994 to 2019, and for his work with Geisha, a defining pop-rock band of the 1980s.
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Read more of Mr. Doheny’s life here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/80s-rockstar-dies-in-vehicle-crash-chris-doheny-was-64/
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OTHER NOTABLE MUSICIANS’ DEATHS
While not specifically “music related”, still sad to hear about Paul Roberts, One Direction and Harry Styles’ choreographer, dying after a cancer battle. News of his death on Friday, Sept. 26 was shared by his partner Phil Griffin. He was 52.
A joint Instagram post shared on Saturday, Sept. 27 on his official Instagram page revealed Roberts had died one day prior after a battle with cancer.
“On the evening of September 26, 2025 after a courageous battle with cancer, Paul passed away gently at home, surrounded by his family. His departure, much like his life, was filled with grace RIP ,” the post read.
The comments section of the post was filled with tributes from artists including Sam Smith, Emma Bunton and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
Read the full story written by Ilana Caplan for People magazine here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/paul-roberts-one-direction-and-harry-styles-choreographer-dies-at-52-after-cancer-battle/
Read the original article on People
https://people.com/paul-roberts-one-direction-harry-styles-choreographer-dead-age-52-11821579
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Kindness & empathy have no borders.
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If you want to know more about any of the musicians we lost, please check them out at http://www.wikipedia.com
October 2025
1: Bohdan Bohach, 50, Ukrainian singer (Pikkardiyska Tertsiya).
September 2025
30: Pablo Guerrero, 78, Spanish singer-songwriter, lung cancer.
29: Yury Chernavsky, 78, Russian composer and songwriter; Vojislav Simić, 101, Serbian musician, conductor and composer; Marceu Vieira, 63, Brazilian journalist, writer and composer, lung cancer.
27: Franz Grundheber, 88, German opera singer; Martin Neary, 85, English organist and choral conductor (Westminster Abbey, Winchester Cathedral), complications from Parkinson’s disease.
26: Christian, 82, Italian singer, cerebral haemorrhage; Güllü], 51, Turkish singer, fall; Jim McNeely, 76, American jazz pianist, composer and arranger.
24: Silu Seppälä, 70–71, Finnish bassist (Leningrad Cowboys), actor (The Match Factory Girl, Drifting Clouds) and composer.
23: Dieter Kaufmann, 84, Austrian composer; Danny Thompson, 86, English bassist (Pentangle, Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2025