He battled a gambling addiction and committed suicide in February 2000, aged 33,[3] after losing an entire week's pay in a poker machine.
Freedman soon after wrote "The Curse Stops Here", a song describing being the "last one" from the original line-up of The Whitlams, and voicing his determination to survive.
A month after Lewis' death, a benefit concert was held at the Metro Club in Sydney to raise money for his partner and child.
The event was hosted by Paul McDermott, Mikey Robins and Steve Abbott (The Sandman), and performers included Max Sharam, Frank Bennett and The Gadflys.
[citation needed] Lewis played bass[ambiguous] on Frank Bennett's 1996 recording Five O'Clock Shadow.