Elo, Electric Light Orchestra, Cellist Mike Edwards life came to an untimely end last week when a large hay bale rolled down a hill and hit the van he was driving. To make his death even more of a tragedy, Mike Edwards recently made a full recovery from a battle with cancer and depression.
His friends had said Edwards was doing great and was in good spirits.
"He was delightful," friend Jasper Solomon has reported. "He had a bad period with depression but he had treatment, for a melanoma on his temple, which was a success and he was happy about it."
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About ELO:
Electric Light Orchestra (often abbreviated ELO) were a British rock group from Birmingham, who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.
About Mike Edwards:
Mike Edwards (31 May 1948 3 September 2010), known as Swami Deva Pramada or simply Pramada, was an English cellist and music teacher. His wide-ranging career was most widely notable for his membership in the Electric Light Orchestra.
