Andy Rourke’s children: Does Andy Rourke have kids? – Andy Rourke, The Smiths’ bassist who died in May 2023, had no children. There is no mention of his children on any website.
Rourke was apparently so focused on his job that he neglected to be a father.
Rourke also refused to do any interviews in which he discussed the reasons he did not have children.
It’s also quite likely that he never married because, except for a report by Morissey-Solo claiming that he was married to Maxine, no other website has mentioned her.
On Friday, May 19, a fellow band member, Johnny Marr, revealed Rourke’s death, saying that the latter died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Marr wrote on social media:
Born on 17 January 1964, Rourke dropped out of school when he was 15 years old. He worked in a variety of menial jobs while also playing guitar and bass in numerous rock bands and the short-lived funk outfit Freak Party with his school friend Johnny Marr.
Afterward, Marr formed the Smiths with Morrissey. Rourke joined the band shortly after its debut performance and stayed for the majority of its lifespan.
He was fired from the band in early 1986 due to heroin addiction, but returned two weeks later, right before the release of The Queen Is Dead.
Rourke contributed to the Smiths’ famous back catalog, which included singles like This Charming Man and There Is a Light That Never Goes Out.
He recorded with Sinead O’Connor, the Pretenders, Ian Brown, and, in the group DARK, Cranberries vocalist Dolores O’Riordan. He also played in the supergroup Freebass with two other prominent Manchester bass guitarists, New Order’s Peter Hook, and the Stone Roses’ Mani.