A former Abba session drummer has been found dead at his home in Majorca. Police say that the body of Ola Brunkert, 62, was discovered in his garden with cuts to the throat, and that the death appears to have been the result of a tragic accident in which the musician hit his head against and broke a glass partition, and his throat was cut by shards of the resulting shattered glass. Found by a neighbour late on Sunday night, Brunkert had managed to wrap a towel around his neck, and it's thought he left the house to get help before collapsing outside.
Brunkert played with Abba on their first single 'People Need Love', and appeared on each of their subsequent albums. He also toured with the group in 1977, 1979 and 1980.
The band's Benny Andersson called the news of Brunkert's death "tragic" whilst former band mate Bjorn Ulvaeus told Swedish paper Expressen: "I remember him as a good friend. He was a very creative musician who contributed a lot when we toured together and worked in the studio".