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Founding member of ELO killed in freak accident as giant runaway hay bale smashes into his van
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | September 5, 2010

Posted on 09/05/2010 11:29:07 AM PDT by Stoat

A founding member of ELO has been killed following a freak accident involving a giant bale of hay.

Mike Edwards, 62, who played cello for the band for three years, died when the giant bale weighing 50 stone crashed down on top of his van.

Mr Edwards died instantly in the accident after the bale careered down the hill, and flipped over a hedge.

 

 Tradegy: Mike Edwards, a former cellist in ELO, died in a freak accident when a 50-stone bale of hay rolled down a hill, flipped over a hedge and crashed down on his van

 

 

 

 

mike edwards

Eccentric: Mike Edwards's bizarre costumes and ability to play his cello with fruit were a major part of ELO's appeal

 

  Eccentric: Mike Edwards, on the far right, played cello in ELO for three years between 1972 and 1975. His bizarre costumes and ability to play the instrument with fruit were a major part of ELO's appeal

Bowing out: Mike Edwards, on the far right, played cello in ELO from 1972 to 1975

 

  Performing: Edwards plays his cello during a gig in 1974. He left the band the following year to become a Buddhist and later changed his name to Deva Pramada because of his religious convictions

Performing: Edwards plays his cello during a gig in 1974.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: elo; mikeedwards; music; popmusic; progressiverock; rip; rockmusic; rocknroll
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Mike was a founding member of Electric Light Orchestra and played cello with the group from their first live gig in 1972 until he left in January 1975.

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1 posted on 09/05/2010 11:29:12 AM PDT by Stoat
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To: Stoat
RIP Mr. Edwards. Thanks for the great tunes.

Every time we get behind the wheel could be our last.

2 posted on 09/05/2010 11:32:33 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Stoat

Jeesh, you never know what is going to happen when you leave home in the morning. Every day is a valuable gift.


3 posted on 09/05/2010 11:32:46 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there.)
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To: al baby; Artemis Webb; Extremely Extreme Extremist; lainie; lewisglad; PennsylvaniaMom; ...

ping


4 posted on 09/05/2010 11:32:55 AM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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To: Stoat

Wow! How freakish.

RIP Mr. Edwards


5 posted on 09/05/2010 11:33:31 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS= Obama's Mosque, taxes, painful death. Is this what you want?)
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To: Stoat

Rotten writing - hay bale careered down the hill!

Had not considered how dangerous those new fangled bales might be. They are enormous and cylindrical which means they roll rather than stop dead like those old fashioned oblong bales.


6 posted on 09/05/2010 11:35:37 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter -God's redemption)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Liked their music but seem to recall certain of their records when played in reverse (don’t know how you’d do this to begin with) sang praise for Satan in clear English.


7 posted on 09/05/2010 11:36:24 AM PDT by laconic
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To: Stoat

Well at least the hay bale missed the Oh.... Telephone Line...


8 posted on 09/05/2010 11:36:53 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: laconic

“Fire on High” had a reversible message but it didn’t praise Satan or anything like that.


9 posted on 09/05/2010 11:38:45 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Perdogg

Sad.

May he REST IN PEACE.


10 posted on 09/05/2010 11:40:48 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
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To: laconic

What? I doubt Jeff Lynne (leader & songwriter for ELO) would do something so stupid. It would have been a career ender.

David Crosby might do that.


11 posted on 09/05/2010 11:41:07 AM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: dfwgator

It may have been “the music is reversible, but time is not ... turn back, turn back...”?

What a freakish accident. RIP.

Almost impossible to avoid something like that even if you drive carefully and keep situational awareness. Sometimes stuff just happens.

Reminds me of an accident several years ago downtown LA on the 101 freeway just north of downtown, between the 110 and the 5 there’s a section where the freeway sort of turns and jogs for about a mile between freeway interchanges.

A semi lost a wheel in that stretch, and the wheel bounced across the median right through someone’s windshield on the other side of the freeway.

Same result.


12 posted on 09/05/2010 11:46:52 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (posting handle made more sense, back before CNN became obama's shoe-shine stand...)
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To: Stoat

I think we need to consider a total ban of hay bales.


13 posted on 09/05/2010 11:47:16 AM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: Stoat

Don’t bring me down...


14 posted on 09/05/2010 11:47:17 AM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Stoat

Someone else just died, too. A comedian.


15 posted on 09/05/2010 11:49:00 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: SIDENET

There is a reason hay wagons have round wheels and a reason hay bales should be cuboid.


16 posted on 09/05/2010 11:55:59 AM PDT by nkycincinnatikid
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To: Frantzie

Correct. Jeff Lynne has had a long and successful career with ELO. He was pretty good in the Traveling Wilburys too. The less said about Crosby the better.


17 posted on 09/05/2010 11:56:21 AM PDT by ReluctantDragon
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To: Stoat

ELO’s version of Roll Over Beethoven is hands down the best.


18 posted on 09/05/2010 11:56:25 AM PDT by Krankor (I had too much to dream last night, too much to dream.)
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To: Stoat

“What a terrible thing to lose”...


19 posted on 09/05/2010 11:58:52 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
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To: Stoat
Mike Edwards, 62, who played cello for the band for three years, died when the giant bale weighing 50 stone crashed down on top of his van. Mr Edwards died instantly in the accident after the bale careered down the hill, and flipped over a hedge.

A respectful RIP to Mr Edwards, who gave us some wonderful music, but I just couldn't help but think of "Spinal Tap" upon reading this. Please forgive me.

20 posted on 09/05/2010 12:01:22 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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