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

    09/05/2010 11:29:07 AM PDT · by Stoat · 58 replies
    The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | September 5, 2010
    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.             Eccentric: Mike Edwards's bizarre costumes and ability to play his cello with fruit were a major part of ELO's appeal     Bowing out: Mike Edwards, on the far right, played...