Death
He was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1991 and died the following year aged 57. A sign has been put up outside his place of birth, 52 Brigid Street, Dundalk, County Louth, saying "birthplace of Peter Rice, 16th June 1935 to 25th October 1992".
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