Founding member of ELO killed in freak accident as giant runaway hay bale smashes into his van

Daily Mail ^ | 6th September 2010 | Kate Loveys

[GSP.FAN]

[GSP.FAN]

Big fan of ELO always loved the mix of musical instruments ..
The diary of Horace Wimp one of my fav songs....

[Blood of Tyrants]

And my MIL used to worry whenever the wife and I would fly.

[skeeter]

Like a Monte Python skit...

Anyway, RIP.

[KirbDog]

RIP...One of my favorite bands. They put on a great live show.

[hoagy62]

My fave ELO song was “Fire In the Sky”.

To think that a “hay bale FROM the sky” would be the end of an ELO member...just dang.

[Global2010]

ELO? As in I turned to stone when you were gone?

ELO?

Wow!

[Old Sarge]

Tragedy for music history. Always loved ELO.

RIP, Mike.

[garyhope]

I saw them at the Hollywood Palladium in LA in the 70’s and remember Mike Edwards playing and strange outfits. It was a great show.

Funny that I just watched some ELO on Youtube night before last.

In their time they were fun, great and inovative.

[GOP_Lady]

I saw ELO live, but I can't remember who they were the backup band for.

Tragic. RIP.

[GSP.FAN]

In their time they were fun, great and inovative.

I agree with you, always liked the music had issues with the musical by Jeff “War of the Worlds”..Thats another story

[xp38]

Just as long as you don’t dis Xanadu :)

[domenad]

Guess he took the “Last Train to London.”

[GSP.FAN]

I had totally washed that out of my mind thanks for reminding me..:>)

[hoagy62]

The song I was referring to is “Fire On High”.

And I’d forgotten that they’d backed-up Olivia Newton-John for ‘Xanadu’.

[Beowulf9]

Omg! I just spent yesterday listening to their songs and raving about how great they were.

Really sorry this happened, for the family, for the musician, and for the people out there that loved the music.

[married21]

I’m so sorry. My DH and I were just showing our kids some ELO on YouTube a couple weeks ago. Back in their day people liked happy music. I miss that, and ELO’s sound. There was a lot to listen to in every piece.

[rbosque]

I grew up with ELO, sad loss!

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Sweat Talkin’ Woman

[Fast Ed97]

What a great sounding band. Its a shame that they are dissed in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in favor of such acts as Elvis Costello and Isaac Hayes (WTH?) Nonetheless, Jeff Lynne has to be one of the most talented writers in history. If you check out the credits for the ELO song he is the sole writer for the vast majority of their work...Amazing.