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Graeme Edge Dies: Moody Blues Drummer, Songwriter & Co-Founder Was 80

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Graeme Edge, the Moody Blues drummer who co-founded the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group and stayed with it for more than 50 years, died today.

He was 80. His longtime bandmate Justin Hayward posted the news on the English group’s website but offered no details.“It’s a very sad day,” Hayward wrote. “Graeme’s sound and personality is present in everything we did together and thankfully that will live on.” Read his full statement below.Edge co-formed the group in Birmingham just as the British Invasion was hitting America.

The Moody Blues crashed onto the international rock scene with their first hit, 1965’s “Go Now,” which went No. 1 in the UK and went top 10 in the States.

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