The Cause Given For Bon Scott’s Death Was ‘Misadventure’
As AC/DC’s frontman, Bon Scott was one of the legendary voices in hard rock, singing on the classics “Highway To Hell,” “TNT,” “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” and “It’s A Long Way To The Top.” After a night of drinking with some acquaintances in London, Scott passed out in the passenger seat of the Renault they were driving. The others left Scott there in the car, parked in front of 67 Overhill Road in the East Dulwich neighborhood, to sleep it off. The next morning, when his friends returned to check on the rocker, they found Scott slumped over in the vehicle, covered in vomit. The 33-year-old singer was dead. The official cause of death was listed as “acute alcohol poisoning” causing “death by misadventure.”