Rod Stewart’s two brothers, his ‘irreplaceable buddies,’ die two months apart

Musician Rod Stewart, the youngest of five siblings, is mourning the loss of a second brother just two months after the first died in September. He’s writing new ones anyway When Rod Stewart is in residence in Los Angeles — which is to say, when he’s not on the road or in his native England or in Palm Beach, Fla., where he owns a third home about a mile up the beach from Donald Trump’s place — the 73-year-old rocker lives in a sprawling and lavishly appointed mansion in Beverly Park. “It’s with great sadness that I announce the loss of my brother Bob last night, who joins my brother Don on the great football pitch in the sky,” the 77-year-old wrote, sharing an image of a candle flame and the words “Rest in Peace.” “I’ve lost two of my best mates in the space of two months. Don Stewart died in September at age 94, just two days before Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II died, the singer said at the time, adding that it had been “a devastating 48 hours” for him.