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1Another drummer passes on ... Empty Another drummer passes on ... Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:39 am

Ted E. Bear

Ted E. Bear

ABBA Drummer Found Dead in Spain
Reuters
Posted: 2008-03-17 09:21:45
Filed Under: Star Obituaries, Music News
MADRID, Spain (March 17) - A former drummer for the Swedish pop band ABBA was found dead with cuts to his neck in the garden of his house on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Police said Monday an autopsy showed it was an accident.

A neighbor found the body of 62-year-old Ola Brunkert on Sunday evening at his house in a coastal area outside the eastern town of Arta, a Civil Guard spokesman told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.


Ola Brunkert, March 16: The studio musician who drummed on every album released by the Swedish pop group ABBA died accidentally in his garden after cutting himself with shattered glass.

He said an autopsy was carried out and confirmed initial investigations. "It was an accident," he said.

The spokesman said Brunkert hit his head against a glass door in his dining room, shattering the glass and cutting himself in the neck. He managed to wrap a towel around his neck and left the house to seek help, but collapsed in the garden.

Brunkert lived in the coastal apartment complex of Betlem in the municipality of Arta, in the eastern part of Mallorca.

Brunkert had lived in Arta for around 20 years. His wife, Inger. died less than a year ago, an Arta municipal official told the AP. She spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to discuss the case.

ABBA band member Benny Anderson told Swedish daily Expressen he was sad to hear of the drummer's death. "It is tragic," he said.

Band member Bjorn Ulvaeus added that Brunkert had been "one of the best."

"I remember him as a good friend when we worked together in the mid-1970s. He was a very creative musician who contributed a lot when we toured together and worked in the studio," Ulvaeus told Expressen.

According to ABBA's official Web site, Brunkert and bass player Rutger Gunnarsson were the only musicians to appear on all ABBA albums.

Brunkert first played with ABBA on the group's first single, "People Need Love," and toured with the band in 1977, 1979 and 1980.

He had been a jazz drummer and a member of the blues band Slim's Blues Gang, before joining pop group Science Poption in the mid-1960s.

ABBA, with the four regular members Agnetha Faltskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Ulvaeus and Andersson, was one of the world's most successful bands, with album sales of more than 370 million. The group has not performed together since 1982, but continues to sell nearly 3 million records a year.

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2Another drummer passes on ... Empty Re: Another drummer passes on ... Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:02 pm

D. Slam

D. Slam

Man, accidently killing yourself is a jacked way to go. No

3Another drummer passes on ... Empty Re: Another drummer passes on ... Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:33 pm

Anders

Anders

Ola Brunkert was the drummer on Abba's all eight studio albums and toured with them in the late 70's in Europe and in some parts of America. On the first video clip below you can see a glimpse of Brunkert. The two other clips are some personal favourites of mine. The lyrics to "The Winner Takes It All" is actually about themselves as both of the couples broke up at that time. An odd way to do it, but the song became a huge success.

I remember reading that in England only Beatles, Elvis Presley and Cliff Richards have had more number ones than Abba to this day.

Ola Brunkert
R.I.P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibtOshtX7T0&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WauFkb4jmCI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK3mVxGfzPY&NR=1

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