What key details about pete farndon can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: peter granville '' pete '' farndon -lrb- 12 june 1952 -- 14 april 1983 -rrb- was an english bassist and founding member of the rock band the pretenders . farndon attended hereford cathedral school in his home city of hereford , before embarking on his musical career with the pretenders . in addition to playing bass with the group , farndon sang backup vocals and co-wrote two of the group 's songs -lrb- '' the wait '' and '' space invader '' -rrb- , before an increasing drug problem resulted in him being dismissed from the group on 14 june 1982 .
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- instrument is bass- years active is 1976 -- 1983- caption is farndon in december 1981- origin is hereford , england- death date is 14 april 1983- genre is rock- birth date is 12 june 1952- name is pete farndon- background is non_vocal_instrumentalist- image is farndon dec81.jpg- associated acts is the pretenders- occupation is musician