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Jeff Healy, March 25, 1966 ? March 2, 2008

By Garry J. Wise, Wise Law Office, Toronto

Canadian guitar icon Jeff Healy died Sunday, succumbing after a life-long battle with cancer. He was 41.

His website issued the following statement:

Jeff Healey, arguably one of the most distinctive guitar players of our time, died today (Sunday March 2) in St. Joseph?s Hospital, Toronto. He was 41, and leaves his wife, Cristie, daughter Rachel (13) and son Derek (three), as well as his father and step-mother, Bud and Rose Healey, and sisters Laura and Linda.

Funeral and memorial arrangements are pending.

Robbed of his sight as a baby due to a rare form of cancer, retino blastoma, and he started to play guitar when he was three, holding the instrument unconventionally across his lap. He formed his first band at 17, but soon formed a trio which was named the Jeff Healey Band.

After his appearance in the movie Road House, he was signed to Arista records, and in 1988 released the Grammy-nominated album See the Light, which included a major hit single, Angel Eyes. He earned a Juno Award in 1990 as Entertainer of the Year...

Additional reading:

• Jeff Healey RIP - Rusty Idols
• Farewell to Jeff - Yappa Ding Ding
• Jeff Healey Dies At 41 - Buckdog

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Full post as published by Wise Law Blog on March 03, 2008 (boomark / email).