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A 600-kilogram hay bale killed a rock musician. 🎻
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A 600-kilogram hay bale killed a rock musician. 🎻

A 600-kilogram hay bale killed a rock musician. 🎻 . . . On September 3, 2010, former Electric Light Orchestra cellist Mike Edwards was driving near Totnes, England. The bale rolled down a steep field, cleared a hedge and crushed the roof of his van; Edwards died at 62. After decades of amplified spectacle, a silent bundle of grass ended his life.

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BBC News, 2010, 'ELO cellist Mike Edwards killed by hay bale'

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