Eighties musician Paul Hardcastle reveals his son has tragically died in a motorcycle accident aged 35
1980s musician Paul Hardcastle has announced that his son Paul Jr. has died at the age of 35 following a fatal motorcycle accident.
Paul, 68, shared the tragic news on Monday night in a heartbreaking Instagram post alongside a childhood photo of his son.
The singer, composer and producer wrote: ‘I want you to know that my super talented son, Paul Hardcastle Jr., was previously involved in a fatal motorcycle accident and sadly died. RIP my son loves my father.’
Paul Jnr was also a musician and was known for playing the saxophone and DJing.
He starred in his father’s 2008 film Hardcastle 5, which was released in 2008 and is featured in the final track Take 1.
1980s musician Paul Hardcastle has revealed that his son Paul Jr. tragically died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 35 (pictured right)
Paul, 68, shared the tragic news on Monday night in a heartbreaking Instagram post alongside a childhood photo of his son.
Paul Jnr was also a musician and was known for playing the saxophone and DJing.
He also worked on the 2022 release Hardcastle X.
Paul Sr. is perhaps best known for his 1985 hit 19, which he wrote about soldiers in the Vietnam War and peaked at number one on the charts for five weeks.
He is a respected electronic producer, keyboardist and composer, and released a remix of Hiroshima’s One Wish in 1986.
In the same year, Paul’s The Wizard was adopted as the theme music for the BBC’s Top Of The Pops weekly chart show and was used from 1986 to 1991.
Paul Jnr’s debut single, Touch and Go, released in 2010, was produced by his father and reached number one on the US Billboard Jazz Chart.
TOWIE star James Argent was among those leading tributes.
He wrote: ‘I’m so sorry man, I’m thinking of you all. “Heartbreaker” next to a broken heart emoji.
Presenter Hayley Palmer added: ‘Paul, I’m at a loss for words – I’m so sorry to hear this. Heartbreaking. Thinking of you Paul xx.”
Paul Sr. in his childhood memories with his deceased son
Paul Jnr’s debut single, Touch and Go, released in 2010, was produced by his father and reached number one on the US Billboard Jazz Chart.
Paul Sr. had been in a motorcycle accident himself when he was young. Speaking to Steve Denyer on My 80s Playlist in May 2024, Denyer said he initially wanted to be a motorcycle racer before he was hospitalized for almost four months after a bad crash.
Speaking to Steve Denyer on My 80s Playlist in May 2024, Denyer said he initially wanted to be a motorcycle racer before he was hospitalized for nearly four months after a bad crash.
Paul Sr. married Dolores Baker in 1985 and they had three children together; Including Paul Jr and Maxine Hardcastle, who contributed vocals to Paul’s 2011 offering Transcontinental.
Simon Fuller, the music mogul responsible for the Spice Girls, was Paul’s best man when he married and was also Maxine’s godfather.
Paul Sr. had been in a motorcycle accident himself when he was young.
TOWIE star James Argent was among those leading tributes. He wrote: ‘I’m so sorry mate, thinking of you all. Heartbreaker’ next to the broken heart emoji.
Speaking to Steve Denyer on My 80s Playlist in May 2024, Denyer said he initially wanted to be a motorcycle racer before he was hospitalized for nearly four months after a bad crash.
He said: ‘I came out with compound fractures to my femur, tibia and fibula. Half of it was my fault because I was going too fast, but someone also pulled over.
‘I was in it [hospital] I had nothing to do for four months. I was just listening to the radio.
‘I made music with my father, I traveled around Berlin when I was about eight years old. We lived wherever and whenever he performed.
‘I was kind of a novelty because I could play the drums, I could sing a little bit and I could play the guitar a little bit.’
Before branching out on his own, he joined a band and released 1984’s Rain Forest, which peaked at number two on the dance chart.
