The original members of Band Aid have faced personal tragedies since the release of the iconic charity single in 1984. Sir Bob Geldof lost his wife and daughter to drug overdoses, George Michael spiralled into drug addiction after losing his first love to AIDS, Phil Collins suffered a spinal cord injury and three marriage breakdowns, Midge Ure battled alcoholism, Paul Young's wife had a son with another man before her death from brain cancer, Sting lost both his parents within a year, Rick Parfitt died of sepsis after being treated poorly by Status Quo, Marilyn descended into heroin addiction after losing his 'love of his life' Gavin Rossdale, and Martin Kemp survived two brain tumours.