title: Paul Hester
text: Paul Newell Hester (8 January 1959 – 26 March 2005) was an Australian musician and television personality. He was best known as the drummer for the rock bands Split Enz and Crowded House. He last performed with Crowded House in 1996. He later worked on television and radio. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He was the father two daughters.
  
  Hester had depression in his final years. He killed himself on 26 March 2005 in Melbourne, at the age of 46.
  
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  1959 births
  2005 deaths
  Australian drummers
  Australian rock musicians
  Australian television presenters
  Musicians from Melbourne
  Musicians who committed suicide
  Rock drummers
  Suicides in Australia