- Born
- Birth nameJeffrey Lynne
- Nickname
- Jet Flynn
- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Jeff Lynne was born on December 30, 1947 in Birmingham, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Super 8 (2011) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). He has been married to Camelia Lynne since September 19, 2017. He was previously married to Sandi Kapelson and Rosemary Adams.
- SpousesCamelia Lynne(September 19, 2017 - present)Sandi Kapelson(1979 - 2017) (divorced, 2 children)Rosemary Adams(1972 - 1977) (divorced)
- Has worn sunglasses indoors and out since the mid-1970s
- More often than not sports a beard
- Frizzly reddish-brown hair.
- Teamed up with Bob Dylan, Beatle George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty in the group The Traveling Wilburys.
- Usually candid and open about his own work and musical ideals; almost never speaks publicly on other topics. Fans who have met Lynne usually found him kind and straightforward.
- Began Electric Light Orchestra with Roy Wood as a side-project to their band The Move; the side-project soon eclipsed the main one, and The Move disbanded.
- Transformed his Los Angeles home into a housewide recording studio, with patch bays in every room; used this extensively in making his latest album, the reconstituted Electric Light Orchestra's "Zoom" (2001).
- Began his musical ventures with an old two-track tape recorder in his parents' living room; Lynne would sometimes overlay so many parts the oxide would wear off the tape.
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