Overview

• Edmunds’s wife shared on August 3 that he is intubated in an intensive care unit and exhibits clear signs of brain injury along with significant memory loss.
• Medical experts note that sudden cardiac arrest survivors often suffer permanent neurological damage and carry a heightened risk of a subsequent, potentially fatal episode.
• The cardiac arrest struck at his Rockfield home, where he was briefly declared dead in his wife’s arms before a nurse’s heavy CPR restored his heartbeat.
• Over a five-decade career, Edmunds broke through in 1968 with Love Sculpture, topped UK charts in 1970 with “I Hear You Knocking” and co-led Rockpile’s acclaimed 1980 album Seconds of Pleasure.
• Fans, family and fellow artists have rallied with messages of support as he embarks on what his wife describes as a very long and uncertain recovery.