Byrner
03-19-2008, 12:07 AM
A former drummer for Abba has been found dead in the garden of his house in Majorca.
Ola Brunkert, 62, worked with the Swedish supergroup as a session musician and toured with them in the 1970s and 80s.
A neighbour on the Spanish island discovered the musician's body with cuts to the throat.
His death is believed to have been an accident, after he fell through a glass door in his kitchen.
A spokeswoman at the Civil Guard headquarters in Madrid said: "All the indications are that this was a tragic accident.
"A glass door in the kitchen of the house was shattered and it appears that this man fell through the door.
"He then managed to get out into the garden where he died."
Brunkert had been a jazz drummer and a member of the blues band Slim's Blues Gang, before joining the pop group Science Poption in the mid-1960s.
His first-known session with Abba was also the group's first single, People Need Love.
Brunkert was one of only two musicians to appear on all of Abba's albums.
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Ola Brunkert, 62, worked with the Swedish supergroup as a session musician and toured with them in the 1970s and 80s.
A neighbour on the Spanish island discovered the musician's body with cuts to the throat.
His death is believed to have been an accident, after he fell through a glass door in his kitchen.
A spokeswoman at the Civil Guard headquarters in Madrid said: "All the indications are that this was a tragic accident.
"A glass door in the kitchen of the house was shattered and it appears that this man fell through the door.
"He then managed to get out into the garden where he died."
Brunkert had been a jazz drummer and a member of the blues band Slim's Blues Gang, before joining the pop group Science Poption in the mid-1960s.
His first-known session with Abba was also the group's first single, People Need Love.
Brunkert was one of only two musicians to appear on all of Abba's albums.
News Source: http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1309543,00.html