Peter Watts (road manager)
Peter Watts | |
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Born | Peter Anthony Watts 16 January 1946 Sound engineer |
Employer | Pink Floyd |
Spouses | Myfanwy Edwards-Roberts
(m. 1966; div. 1972)Patricia Deighton (m. 1976) |
Children |
Peter Anthony Watts (16 January 1946 – 2 August 1976) was an English
Early life
Watts was born on 16 January 1946, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, the son of Jane Patricia Grace (née Rolt; born 1923, in Naivasha, Kenya Colony)[3] and Anthony Watts. Watts had one older brother, Michael, and one younger sister, Patricia. Watts' mother remarried, to Anthony Daniells, in 1989.[4]
Career
Watts was the road manager for
Personal life
In 1966, Watts married Myfanwy Edwards-Roberts, the daughter of a Welsh father and Australian mother, who was an antiques dealer and
(b. 1968; an actress).The couple divorced in 1972.[9] After the divorce, the children were raised by their grandparents and their mother as she built a career. The family relocated to London.[citation needed]
Peter Watts left Pink Floyd's service in 1974. In 1976, he married Patricia Deighton, known as "Puddie", who can also be heard on The Dark Side of the Moon.[10]
Death
In August 1976, Watts was found dead in a flat in Notting Hill, London, from a heroin overdose.[11][12] After his death, Pink Floyd provided financial support to his two young children. The money allowed the family to move to Sydney, Australia, in 1982, where Edwards-Roberts became part of a burgeoning film industry.[13]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84938-370-7.
- ^ Sams, Christine (23 February 2004). "How Naomi told her mum about Oscar". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
- ^ UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
- ^ Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd Nick Mason
- ^ Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd Mark Blake
- ^ Sutcliffe, Phil; Henderson, Peter (March 1998), "The True Story of Dark Side of the Moon", Mojo, no. 52 Retrieved from "Pink Floyd and Company - Pink Floyd Articles and Reviews". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011. on 23 December 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-7876-9037-3.
- ^ Heller, Scott (23 November 2003). "A role filled with rage and anguish reveals the fearless side of an actress who respects the power of emotion". The Boston Globe. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ Gaita, Paul (18 July 2017). "Naomi Watts Gets Candid About Her Father's Drug-Related Death". The Fix. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Naomi Watts Biography". TalkTalk. Tiscali UK Limited trading. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ISBN 978-0306817526.
- ^ Petit, Stephanie (16 July 2017). "Naomi Watts Opens Up About Death of Her Father from Drug Overdose When She Was 7". People. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
External links
- Peter Watts at IMDb