Richey Edwards Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at February 18, 2025 by BirthdayDBs Team

Richey Edwards Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Richey Edwards Facts

Full Name	Richey Edwards
Birthdate	December 22, 1967
Birth Place	Wales
Age (in 2025)	57 Years Old
Zodiac	Capricorn
Occupation	Songwriter

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Richey Edwards Age & Birthday

Richey Edwards is best known as Songwriter who has born on December 22, 1967 in Wales. Currently, Richey Edwards is 57 years, 1 months and 27 days old. Richey Edwards will celebrate 58th birthday on Monday, 22nd of December 2025. Below the countdown to Richey Edwards upcoming birthday.

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Richey Edwards Biography

About

Remembered for his acclaimed lyrics and his rhythm guitar work for the Welsh alternative band Manic Street Preachers, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances in February of 1995, and in 2008 was officially presumed to be dead.

Before Fame

After earning a political history degree from the University of Wales, Swansea, he became a driver for Manic Street Preachers and was quickly invited to join the band.

Trivia

His highly poetic lyrics were influenced by the work of poets and philosophers such as, respectively, Arthur Rimbaud and Albert Camus.

Family Life

Born in Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales, he grew up with a younger sister named Rachel.

Associated With

Edwards disappeared less than a year after American rock vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain (of Nirvana fame) committed suicide. The musicians' tragedies were compared and discussed in an April 8, 1995 issue of Melody Maker magazine.

Top Asked Questions about Richey Edwards

How old is Richey Edwards in 2025?

Richey Edwards is 57 years old today.

When was Richey Edwards born?

Richey Edwards was born on December 22, 1967 in Wales.

What is Richey Edwards zodiac sign?

Richey Edwards zodiac sign is Capricorn.

What was Richey Edwards best known for?

Richey Edwards was best known as Songwriter.

Fun Facts about Richey Edwards's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Richey Edwards's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Richey Edwards was born on Friday, 356^th day / 51^st week of 1967
Richey Edwards has Capricorn zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Richey Edwards birthday is XXII.XII.MCMLXVII
Richey Edwards's birthstone is Turquoise
Richey Edwards's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
Richey Edwards age in year is 57 years old
Richey Edwards age in month is 685 months old
Richey Edwards age in day is 20878 days old
Richey Edwards age in hour is 501072 hours old
Richey Edwards age in minute is 30064320 minutes old
Richey Edwards age in second is 1803859200 seconds old
Next Richey Edwards birthday is on Tuesday, December 22nd 2026
Richey Edwards age in next birthday (2026) is 58 years old
Learn more interesting facts about December 22, 1967 birthday

Historical Events on Richey Edwards Birthday (December 22)

Below are historical events that coincided with Richey Edwards's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1992	During approach to Tripoli International Airport, a Boeing 727 operating as Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 collides in mid-air with a Libyan Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, killing 157 people.
1996	Airborne Express Flight 827 crashes near Narrows, Virginia, killing all six people on board.
1997	Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
1997	Somali Civil War: Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
1999	Just after taking off from London Stansted Airport, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes into Hatfield Forest near Great Hallingbury, killing all four people on board.
2001	Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Islamic State of Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
2001	Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
2008	An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry.
2010	The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
2012	Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.
2016	A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70 and 100% effective, thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.
2017	United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.
2017	President Donald Trump signs the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
2018	A tsunami caused by an eruption of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more.
2018	The 2018-2019 United States federal government shutdown, the longest shutdown of the U.S. federal government in history, begins.
1986	The birth of Fatih Öztürk, Turkish footballer
1987	The birth of Éder, Bissau-Portuguese footballer
1988	The birth of Leigh Halfpenny, Welsh rugby player
1989	The birth of Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress
1990	The birth of Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer
1991	The birth of DaBaby, American rapper
1992	The birth of Michaela Hončová, Slovak tennis player
1992	The birth of Moonbyul, Korean rapper, vocalist and songwriter
1993	The birth of Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter and producer
1993	The birth of Raphaël Guerreiro, Portuguese footballer
1994	The birth of Rúben Lameiras, Portuguese footballer
1998	The birth of G Hannelius, American actress and singer
1998	The birth of Casper Ruud, Norwegian tennis player
2000	The birth of Joshua Bassett, American actor and singer
2001	The birth of Camila Osorio, Colombian tennis player
2013	The death of Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
2013	The death of Hans Hækkerup, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
2013	The death of Oscar Peer, Swiss author, playwright, and philologist (b. 1928)
2014	The death of John Robert Beyster, American physicist and academic (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (b. 1963)
2014	The death of Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
2014	The death of Bernard Stone, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2015	The death of Peter Lundblad, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
2015	The death of Freda Meissner-Blau, Australian activist and politician (b. 1927)
2016	The death of Chad Robinson, Australian rugby league player (b. 1980)
2017	The death of Gonzalo Morales Sáurez, Costa Rican painter (b. 1945)
2018	The death of Paddy Ashdown, British politician (b. 1941)
2018	The death of Simcha Rotem, last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (b. 1924)
2018	The death of Herman Sikumbang, Indonesian guitarist (b. 1982); casualty during 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
2019	The death of Ram Dass, American spiritual teacher and author (b. 1931)

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