Posted on 04/19/2012 3:11:40 PM PDT by RitchieAprile
SYDNEY (AP) -- Greg Ham, a musician with the iconic Australian band Men at Work, was found dead in his Melbourne home on Thursday, Australian reports said.
Victoria state police confirmed that the deceased was the 58-year-old resident of the house but did not identify him by name, in keeping with local practice. Ham was 58 and neighbors said he was the lone occupant of the house.
Bing music: Men at Work
Two concerned friends who had not heard from Ham for some time found the body after going to check on him, police said, declining to release any details on how Ham died, or if the circumstances were suspicious.
"There are a number of unexplained aspects to it which has caused our attendance here today, and we're assisting the local detectives to determine what has occurred," Detective Senior Sergeant Shane O'Connell told reporters.
Newspapers including The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Ham had died.
Men at Work frontman Colin Hay issued a statement expressing a deep love for his longtime friend, whom he met in 1972 when they were seniors in high school. Hay recalled decades of shared experiences with Ham — from appearing on "Saturday Night Live," to flying through dust storms over the Grand Canyon, to getting lost in the rural Australian countryside.
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Best songs: Overkill, and Be Good (Johnny).
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Ahahahahahah! I am thinking Tom Hanks in the movie “Big” where eats caviar...:)
It was not plagiarized. The song was about Australia. They added a quote from Kookaburra, because it’s indicative of Australia. The courts that made that ruling were amazingly unaware of the laws. There’s a big difference between composition and performance. They mistook a performance for composition.
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