Death
Mick Box and Trevor Bolder, of Uriah Heep, invited Byron to re-join the band in 1981, after Ken Hensley left, but Byron refused. He died of alcohol related complications, including liver disease and seizures, at his home in Reading, on Thursday, February 28, 1985. He was 38 years and 30 days old. His death was barely reported in the music press.
On BBC Radio's The Friday Rock Show Tommy Vance played "July Morning" in tribute.
On the "Equator" tour, around the time of Byron's passing, Uriah Heep would dedicate "The Wizard" to him.
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