Robert Heaton

This article is about the English rock drummer. For the U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, see Robert Douglas Heaton.

Robert Charles Heaton (6 July 1961 – 4 November 2004) was the drummer in the English rock band New Model Army. With Justin Sullivan, Heaton was the core of the Bradford based band, originally alongside Stuart Morrow on bass and then later with Jason 'Moose' Harris. He wrote many of NMA's best known compositions, which are still played nowadays at their gigs. He left NMA in 1998 due to health reasons and was replaced by Michael Dean.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Heaton died of pancreatic cancer on 4 November 2004, aged 43.

References

• Obituary in the Independent
• Tributes on the New Model Army website