Giant Hay Bale kills former ELO Cellist

[kwillia]

What are the odds of a musician dying this way...

Giant hay bale kills former ELO cellist - Yahoo! News

A giant bale of hay has killed a founding member of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) band after it tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van.

Cellist Mike Edwards, 62, died after the 600 kg (1,323 lb) bale rolled down a steep field in Devon, southern England, smashed through a hedge and careered on to the road.

He died instantly in the freak accident on Friday afternoon.

 

[Bay_Kat]

What are the odds of a musician dying this way...

Giant hay bale kills former ELO cellist - Yahoo! News

A giant bale of hay has killed a founding member of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) band after it tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van.

Cellist Mike Edwards, 62, died after the 600 kg (1,323 lb) bale rolled down a steep field in Devon, southern England, smashed through a hedge and careered on to the road.

He died instantly in the freak accident on Friday afternoon.

jeeze, what are the odds of that happening to anyone or is this a common occurrence in England?

 

[Rael]

Hay there, Mr. Blue..

 

[donbarzini]

Hay there, Mr. Blue..

:snort:

 

[blacklabman]

Maybe they were stacked high.

 

[blacklabman]

Maybe they were stacked high.

What happened to my attachment? Try again.

 

[desertrat]

What are the odds of a musician dying this way...

Giant hay bale kills former ELO cellist - Yahoo! News

A giant bale of hay has killed a founding member of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) band after it tumbled down a hill and crashed into his van.

Cellist Mike Edwards, 62, died after the 600 kg (1,323 lb) bale rolled down a steep field in Devon, southern England, smashed through a hedge and careered on to the road.

He died instantly in the freak accident on Friday afternoon.

What happened to my attachment? Try again


.[/QUOTEII thought Hay bale was a former NFL player.

 

[Hessian]

Grass kills.

RIP...Always liked ELO.

 

[ImnoMensa]

RIP...Always liked ELO.

I would say the odds would be better if he played a fiddle at the Grand Ole Opry, but one never knows---do one.

 

[gary_webb]

Does YoYoMa have an alibi?

 

[PrchJrkr]

Does YoYoMa have an alibi?

Wuz muh mama gotta do wif it?

 

[Toxick]

Does YoYoMa have an alibi?

I don't care who you are... that ####'s funny right there.

 

[gary_webb]

Wuz muh mama gotta do wif it?

In that case 'YoMaMa' would be proper Ebonics.

 

[sleuth]

Wonder if his last word was "Hey!"

 

[kwillia]

Wonder if his last word was "Hey!"

"Hey", Sleuth! I see you are "dadadadada"... bet you have plenty of baby food jars to work with now!

 

[Merlin99]

"Hey", Sleuth! I see you are "dadadadada"... bet you have plenty of baby food jars to work with now!

Spice rackin again?

 

[sleuth]

"Hey", Sleuth! I see you are "dadadadada"... bet you have plenty of baby food jars to work with now!

Plenty - Now I just never have any time to do anything. Dadadada 3x over!
Life is busy.

 

[libertytyranny]

This may be one of the nerdiest things about me...but I absolutely adore ELO

 

[kwillia]

Surreal... I'm currently listening to ELO "Can't get it out of my head" and I hear him plucking away in the background. Ironic, huh?