| Gwenda and Garvin Evans with The Edge |
Gwenda Evans passed away in Dublin on Monday evening after a short illness.
The Edge was said to have been especially close to his artist mother. Bono described her as a key supporter of the band in their early days.
The mother of three, who was in her late seventies, lived in Malahide with her husband Garvin since the 1960s.
Speaking in 2008, proud Gwenda admitted her guitarist son always had an ear for music — because it ran in the family.
She said: “Both my husband and I are very musical, in that we both sing in the local choir.
“Music was always part of our lives. I used to sing to the children, so he had a good ear for music at a very young age.”
And she recalled how she was her son’s first ever roadie when U2 started out, saying: “I was his first roadie! I had an old Beetle and we’d be able to get the equipment in it.”
Our condolecence to the Evans family.
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