What is Buster Edwards?
{{Infobox criminal|name=Buster Edwards|death_date={{Death date and age|df=yes|1994|11|28|1931|01|27}}|occupation=[[Barman]], [[Florist]]|nationality=[[British]]|motive=Financial gain|image_size=200px|image=|death_place=[[Lambeth]], [[London]], England, United Kingdom|conviction_status=Released in 1975 after serving nine years.|alias=Buster|conviction_penalty=15 years|conviction=[[Great Train Robbery (1963)|Great Train Robbery]]|death_cause=[[Suicide]]|birth_place=[[Lambeth]], [[County of London|London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]|birth_name=Ronald Christopher Edwards|birth_date={{Birth date|df=yes|1931|01|27}}|spouse=June Rose Rothery (1952-1994; his death)}} '''Ronald Christopher Edwards''' (27 January 1931 &ndash; 28 November 1994), known as '''Buster Edwards''', was a [[British people|British]] [[career criminal]]. He was born in [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]], [[London]]. He was a member of the [[gang]] of the [[Great Train Robbery (1963)|Great Train Robbery]]. He had also been a [[boxing|boxer]] and [[nightclub]] owner. Edwards was in [[prison]] for nine years. == Death == Edwards died after [[hanging]] himself ([[suicide]]) in Lambeth, at the age of 63.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/train-robber-edwards-is-found-hanged-1440017.html Train robber Edwards is found hanged], The Independent, 30 November 1994</ref> His cause of death is still disputed because many people thought he was too [[drunk]] to have chosen to kill himself.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/buster-edwards-too-drunk-to-have-committed-suicide-1572324.html Buster Edwards `too drunk' to have committed suicide], The Independent, 10 February 1995</ref> A [[biopic]], ''[[Buster (movie)|Buster]]'', was released in 1988. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Buster}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Criminals from London]] [[Category:Great Train Robbers]] [[Category:Suicides by hanging in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:People from the London Borough of Lambeth]] {{bio-stub}