Abba drummer found dead in Spain

[Brian Damage]

MADRID (Reuters) - A former drummer for 1970s Swedish pop group ABBA, Ola Brunkert, has been found dead after an apparent accident in his house in Mallorca, Spanish police said on Monday.

Brunkert bled to death from a throat wound which police suspect was caused after he accidentally smashed a pane of glass, a spokeswoman for the Civil Guard police said, adding that authorities were awaiting the result of an autopsy.

The official Web site of the band said Brunkert was possibly the only instrumental musician to appear on all the albums released by the band.

Abba's two male and two female vocalists were among the world's best-known faces in the 1970s with hits including "Waterloo" and "Dancing Queen."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=536848&in_page_id=1770

[ABlairican Pie]

That's very sad. Back in the early 80's, I was a big fan of ABBA after a Finnish girl I was writing to sent me some of their music--even though their popularity had peaked and they had gone their separate ways. At least it wasn't any of the core members of the band who died: Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn, and Frida.

:(

[BarneyFife]

Thats really sad. Dancin Queen's still one of my all time favorite disco songs.

[Dean Winchester]

RIP, I did find it odd the way this made news as "ABBA drummer". Maybe he did tour with the group, but when you think of ABBA, you think of Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Frida, those are the ones on the album covers and focused in the documentaries. For a second, I was worried it was Benny or Bjorn.

[friendsfan77]

how sad, RIP :(