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Former Electric Light Orchestra cello player Mike Edwards was killed when a huge hay bale tumbled down a hill and flattened his van. Police, who used photographs and YouTube footage to identify Edwards, said the 1,323-pound bale may have fallen off a tractor working in a field near the road near Kingsbridge, England.
Edwards, 62, played in ELO between 1972 and 1975 before he left to become a Buddhist and changed his name to Deva Pramada, the Sun reported. He was known for plucking the
» ELO star killed by a bale of hay [The Sun]
» Giant hay bale crushes ex-ELO star to death [MSNBC]
Britain's Telegraph takes the occasion to remind us of other bizzare ways celebrities have exited this mortal coil:
- Escape artist Harry Houdini, who died of a ruptured appendix after being punched in the stomach by a boxer
- Actor Brandon Lee, who was killed by a malfunctioning prop gun on the set of "The Crow"
- Nature adventurer Steve Irwin, felled by a stingray barb in the heart
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