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Events on Friday 2 February 1979 1
1957 – 1979Sid Vicious (1957-1979)Died 2 February 1979, aged 21Sid Vicious, bassist for the punk band the Sex Pistols, died of a heroin overdose in New York City while awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. His short, chaotic career made him one of punk rock's most notorious figures. He died on 2 February 1979.