MELBOURNE, Australia -- Greg Ham, a member of former internationally chart-busting Australian band Men at Work, has been found dead.
Ham's body was found at his Melbourne home Thursday morning.
Ham's body was found at his Melbourne home Thursday morning.
Friends had gone to check on the performer, who had been working as a music teacher in recent years.
"A crime scene has been established and local CIU (Criminal Investigation Unit) investigators are trying to determine the cause of death. It's not known if it's suspicious," a police spokeswoman said.
Ham famously played the flute on the band's biggest hit "Down Under," a massive seller in Australia, the United States and the UK.
The song ended up costing the band heavily when a court ruled Ham's flute work on the hit was plagiarized from the song "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree."
Lead singer Colin Hay later said he would have to sell his home to cover legal costs.
The band, who had the top album and single in both the US and the UK in January 1983, won a Grammy Award that year for Best New Artist.
"A crime scene has been established and local CIU (Criminal Investigation Unit) investigators are trying to determine the cause of death. It's not known if it's suspicious," a police spokeswoman said.
Ham famously played the flute on the band's biggest hit "Down Under," a massive seller in Australia, the United States and the UK.
The song ended up costing the band heavily when a court ruled Ham's flute work on the hit was plagiarized from the song "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree."
Lead singer Colin Hay later said he would have to sell his home to cover legal costs.
The band, who had the top album and single in both the US and the UK in January 1983, won a Grammy Award that year for Best New Artist.
