On 20 October 1998 , at the ARIA Awards the group were inducted into the Hall of Fame . In early December 1999 , three weeks prior to his performance at the Tour of Duty - Concert for the Troops in East Timor , Neeson had a car accident on the Sydney M4 motorway . This led to years of pain and rehabilitation for the iconic front man and against all medical advice , saw him return to the stage to carry on his legacy and resume performing in 2006 . On 10 January 2013 , Neeson 's Facebook page announced that he had been diagnosed with a brain tumour and would undergo immediate treatment . He died of the tumour on 4 June 2014 , aged 67 , approximately 18 months from his initial diagnosis
ARIA Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 1998
Doc Neeson