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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: elo; mikeedwards; music; popmusic; progressiverock; rip; rockmusic; rocknroll
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To: Stoat

“Jeff Porcaro died in a gardening accident on August 5, 1992, at the age of 38. He was spraying insecticide in his garden and inhaled too much of the spray, triggering a heart attack. An autopsy revealed a serious heart condition that had been previously undiagnosed.”


21 posted on 09/05/2010 12:03:25 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: Stoat
My favorite:

Turn To Stone

22 posted on 09/05/2010 12:05:05 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: ReluctantDragon
Jeff Lynne has had a long and successful career with ELO. He was pretty good in the Traveling Wilburys too.

As well as producing George Harrison's "Cloud 9" album (one of my faves), and the two 'new' Beatles songs, "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love" ... not a bad overall resume, ehhh ?

The less said about Crosby the better.

Dittos

23 posted on 09/05/2010 12:07:18 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: SIDENET
Did the perp have a license to roll hay?
24 posted on 09/05/2010 12:11:29 PM PDT by Waverunner
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To: Stoat

Rest In Peace. I did and do enjoy ELO’s music.


25 posted on 09/05/2010 12:14:00 PM PDT by VR-21
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To: Stoat

Never heard of ‘em!


26 posted on 09/05/2010 12:14:21 PM PDT by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: Stoat

Bummer. RIP Mike


27 posted on 09/05/2010 12:15:37 PM PDT by rockrr ("I said that I was scared of you!" - pokie the pretend cowboy)
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To: Sawdring

That whole Out of the Blue album is a classic, not a dog on the entire album. And it had a cool cardboard ELO spaceship you could make, oh how I miss the days of double LPs.


28 posted on 09/05/2010 12:15:55 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Stoat
It's a bale of hay!!! (do do doodle doodle doo)
What a terrible thing to lose!!!
It's coming our way!!! (do do doodle doodle doo)
Will our next of kin file a suit?
29 posted on 09/05/2010 12:19:52 PM PDT by Captainpaintball (If the right has TEABAGGERS, then the left has SCUMBAGGERS and DOUCHEBAGGERS!!!)
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To: laconic

You forgot the sarcasm tag.


30 posted on 09/05/2010 12:20:47 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: BnBlFlag

You must be young. Electric Light Orchestra was a hard one to miss.


31 posted on 09/05/2010 12:32:17 PM PDT by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death!)
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To: Perdogg
Thank you very much for pinging your list  :-)

 Thank You

32 posted on 09/05/2010 12:33:30 PM PDT by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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To: dfwgator
 oh how I miss the days of double LPs

Agreed.   I miss the great sound of LP's as well as the loss of album cover artwork.  Tiny CD covers hardly convey the magnificent artistic expression that the better LP album covers brought into the world.

33 posted on 09/05/2010 12:41:10 PM PDT by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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To: Stoat
Awww...loved ELO in High School. Accident sounds like something out of “Final Destination.”
34 posted on 09/05/2010 12:43:35 PM PDT by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: Sawdring

They had a great sound — and it was happy music.


35 posted on 09/05/2010 12:52:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: Stoat
Tiny CD covers hardly convey the magnificent artistic expression that the better LP album covers brought into the world.

Nothing on the front, nothing inside, either. The trash they sell as entertainment nowadays, artistic expression has nothing to do with it.

36 posted on 09/05/2010 12:53:22 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against you, O you most proud, said the Lord God of hosts.)
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To: trisham

Comedian Robert Schimmel


37 posted on 09/05/2010 1:03:02 PM PDT by AUsome Joy
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To: Stoat

Bless his heart, I guess he just baled out.


38 posted on 09/05/2010 1:04:56 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
I'm guessing it happened here, where the A381 enters the trees going uphill from left to right. Halwell to Harbetonford isn't a very long stretch, and this looks to me like it must be the place.


39 posted on 09/05/2010 1:06:29 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Stoat
How terrible. What a tragedy.


40 posted on 09/05/2010 1:08:23 PM PDT by One_Upmanship
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