According to
Gina Riley, comedian from TV series
Kath & Kim, Pew dated her in 1976. In April 2009, Riley recalled the relationship on the musical quiz show
Spicks and Specks. Pew was prone to
epileptic seizures, at times exacerbated by heavy drug use, although he had cleaned up by the mid-1980s. In late 1986, he experienced a fit whilst in his bath, resulting in head injuries so severe he died days later, on 7 November 1986, from a
brain haemorrhage. He was 28 years old. ==References==