 Sydney Morning Herald | Tributes flow for surfer Michael Peterson Newcastle Herald SURFING legend Michael Peterson has died at his home on the Queensland border, aged just 59. Peterson, who was to the 1970s what Kelly Slater is to the modern era, had a tumultuous life that was all but destroyed by schizophrenia and drug abuse. Surfing world loses pioneer Peterson Heart attack ends the tragic life of the surfers' surfer One last wave goodbye for former king of surf |
