Former Rockpile star Dave Edmunds is critically ill in hospital following a major cardiac arrest

Dave Edmunds posing for a photograph in the 1970s.

Former Rockpile singer/guitarist and solo star Dave Edmunds is critically ill in hospital after suffering a major cardiac arrest.

Edmunds’ wife Cici broke the news on Tuesday July 29 via Facebook. She revealed that the 81-year-old Welsh musician had suffered a “major cardiac arrest” at home in Wales. She added that Edmunds had “died in my arms”, before reviving him with CPR.