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Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (27 January 1931 – 28 November 1994) was a British criminal who was a member of the gang that committed the Great Train Robbery. He had also been a boxer, and owned a nightclub and a flower shop.
Buster Edwards After he was released, he became a flower seller outside Waterloo station. His story was dramatised in the 1988 film Buster, with Phil Collins in the title role. Edwards died by suicide, hanging himself in a garage in November 1994. His family continued to run the flower stall after his death.
Aug 5, 2021 · England's Great Train Robbery was a complex heist carried out by a gang of 15 men but only one among them was the subject of a film - Ronald "Buster" Edwards. Deanna O'Connor tells his story. "They've stolen the train!”
Aug 8, 2013 · Ronald 'Buster' Edwards was found hanged in a garage in 1994. His funeral cortege was accompanied by two wreaths in the shape of trains. Charlie Wilson was the final train robber to be released...
Feb 28, 2013 · Ronald "Buster" Edwards, who is perhaps best known as the subject of the 1988 film Buster, in which he was played by singer Phil Collins, is widely believed to have wielded the cosh used to hit...
Buster Edwards (1931-1994) was a former boxer and then owner of The Walk In Club. He fled to Mexico after the heist but gave himself up in 1966. Edwards served nine years in jail and then...
Jul 16, 2014 · Within five years of the crime, authorities had incarcerated the three men who had evaded arrest during the initial investigation – Bruce Reynolds, Ronald “Buster” Edwards, and James White.
Aug 12, 2023 · Mr Reynolds says his father largely kept a low profile after leaving prison - unlike fellow robbers Ronnie Biggs and Buster Edwards who gained more public attention.
Dec 5, 1994 · Ronald Edwards, a flower seller who had served a jail term for his part in the $7 million Great Train Robbery in Britain in 1963, was found dead in London on Tuesday.
Feb 28, 2013 · Bruce Reynolds, the brains behind the Great Train Robbery of 1963, has died at the age of 81, nearly five decades after he and his partners in crime made off with 2.6 million pounds at Ledburn,...
