{{Short description|English rock musician (1952–1988)}} {{About|the English rock musician|the Australian rules footballer|Paul Jeffreys (footballer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | birth_name = Paul Avron Jeffreys | image = File:Paul Jeffreys.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1952|2|13|df=y}} | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | instrument = Bass guitar | genre = Alternative rock | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|12|21|1952|2|13|df=y}} | death_place = Lockerbie, Scotland | occupation = Musician | past_member_of = Cockney Rebel (1972–1974)<br>Be-Bop Deluxe (1974)<br>Warm Jets (1977–1980)<br>Electric Eels (1980–1981) | name = Paul Jeffreys }} '''Paul Avron Jeffreys''' (13 February 1952 – 21 December 1988) was an English rock musician. He played bass guitar in Cockney Rebel between 1972 and 1974, working on the group's first two albums, and later worked with a number of British bands, including Be-Bop Deluxe (1974),<ref>Nelson, Bill ''diary of a hyperdreamer'' (2004) pp. 78–9 {{nowrap|Bill Nelson's}} collected diaries from between 1999 and 2003, previously published on his official website Pomona {{ISBN|1-904590-06-3}}</ref> Warm Jets (1977–1980) and Electric Eels (1980–1981).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pauljeffreys.com/ |title=PaulJeffreys.com: website in the memory of Paul Jeffreys |access-date=2009-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/from-punk-to-profits-mbop-founder-has-seen-both-sides-of-music-business-442271.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218133642/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/from-punk-to-profits-mbop-founder-has-seen-both-sides-of-music-business-442271.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 December 2008 |title=From punk to profits: MBop founder has seen both sides of music business |last=Stoneman |first=Justin |date=2007-03-29 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=2009-05-30}}</ref>
==Death== He died, along with his wife Rachel Jeffreys (''née'' Jones), at the age of 36. The couple were on Pan Am Flight 103 on the way to their honeymoon when the aircraft was blown up in a terrorist attack, scattering debris over the town of Lockerbie in Scotland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pauljeffreys.com/ |title=PaulJeffreys.com: website in the memory of Paul Jeffreys |access-date=2009-05-30}}</ref><ref> {{cite book | last = Talevski | first = Nick | title = Rock Obituaries: Knocking on Heaven's Door | publisher = Omnibus Press | date = 2010 | pages = 307–308 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DykffzkFALoC&q=Paul+Avron+Jeffreys+lockerbie+rachel+honeymoon&pg=PA307 | isbn =9780857121172 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{discogs artist}} *[http://www.pauljeffreys.com/ Paul Avron Jeffreys 13th Feb 1952 - 21st Dec 1988: website in the memory of Paul Jeffreys]
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