The tip of the yr often is the celebratory vacation season, however it’s also a time of reflection upon the earlier 12 months and people now we have misplaced.
At Billboard Canada FYI, we consider it is very important be aware the achievements of these in all aspects of the Canadian music trade in addition to the chart-topping stars. Whether or not or not their names are acquainted to you, studying our tributes to them will reveal their vital accomplishments inside the trade. Relaxation in Peace.
Every entry right here has a hyperlink to the total obituary/tribute we posted in Billboard Canada FYI throughout 2024 (and late 2023, after final yr’s version was printed) in chronological order. For individuals who we unintentionally left off the roll name, we remorse the omission.
Canadians We Misplaced in 2024
Paul Joseph Cockburn, a Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter whose bands included Dillinger, The Hunt and Blushing Brides, died on Dec. 7, 2023 at age 71.
Jay Scott, a live performance promoter, tour and pageant supervisor and a vital determine in Vancouver’s impartial music scene, died on Dec. 21, 2023.
Mark Goodwin, a Montreal-based singer/songwriter and musician, died on Dec. 24, 2023, at age 64.
John William McBride, report purchaser at Roblan Distributors/Sam The File Man and Dawn Data in Toronto, died on Jan. 3, at age 76.
Ron Boudreau, a Canadian music photographer, died on Jan. 3, of pure causes, at age 59.
Nerene Virgin, a Canadian TV character, educator, and actress best-known for the collection At present’s Particular, died on Jan. 15, at age 77.
Joe (Joseph Clare Anthony) Recchia, a outstanding music promoter within the Waterloo-Kitchener space, died on Jan. 15, at age 79.
Bart Schoales, a Juno-winning artwork director, photographer, painter, videographer and filmmaker who labored with artists together with Tom Cochrane and Anne Murray, died on Jan. 18, at age 83.
Norman Jewison, a filmmaker behind a protracted record of commercially profitable and critically acclaimed motion pictures together with Moonstruck and Within the Warmth of the Evening, died on Jan. 20, at age 97.
Les Bateman, an Edmonton-based musician, engineer and sound technician, died on Jan. 22, at age 74
Wayne Whildon Patton, a Canadian report label government, died on Jan. 24, at age 80.
Bob (Robert Arthur Glen) Erlendson, a Winnipeg-born jazz keyboardist and composer, died on Jan. 25, at age 93.
X-Ray (Michael) MacRae , former co-owner and music booker of legendary Toronto music venue The Horseshoe Tavern, died on Jan. 26, of most cancers, at age 72.
Carol Brown, an award-winning Jamaican-Canadian reggae singer, died on Jan. 31.
Larry Wanagas, a veteran artist supervisor and report label head who boosted the careers of artists together with okay.d. lang and The Trews, died on Jan. 31.
Invoice (William Robert) Cunningham, a famend Canadian TV journalist, died on Jan. 31, at age 91.
Sean Lalla, a Canadian hip-hop DJ, promoter and scene-booster, died at age 49 in February.
Connie Sinclair, a broadcaster finest often called a newsreader at CBC Radio in Toronto, died on Feb. 2.
Jim Heineman, a veteran Toronto jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader, died on Feb. 6, at age 80.
Denis Parker, a blues musician who spent greater than 50 years writing and performing music in Newfoundland and Labrador, died on Feb. 10, at age 78.
Angus Beaulieu, a Métis fiddler remembered as ‘the personification of music’ within the Northwest Territories” died on Feb. 10, at age 89.
Greg ‘Fritz’ Hinz, longtime drummer of Canadian exhausting rock band Helix, died on Feb. 16, after a virtually year-long battle with most cancers. He was 68 years outdated.
Jean-Pierre Isaac,a Montreal-based bilingual lyricist, composer, programmer, DJ, recording studio proprietor and music producer, died on Feb. 28, at age 68, of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Eleanor Collins, dubbed the primary girl of Canadian jazz, died on March 3, at age 104.
Ronnie King (born Cornelis Van Sprang), bassist and unique member of hit Canadian band The Stampeders, died on March 4, at age 76.
Vicki (Victoria) Walters, a well-liked Canadian music publishing veteran, died on March 5, on the age of 78, after battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Julia Alexandra Prepare, a former government at FACTOR and MROC, died on March 6, at age 46. A reason behind demise has not been reported.
Russell (‘Rusty’) Wilson, co-founder and one-time bassist of Canadian rock act Junkhouse, died on March 12, at age 62, of meningitis.
Robert Horvath, a flexible and award-winning Toronto-based pianist, died on March 13 at age 52, of most cancers.
Pegi (Margaret Anne) Cecconi, a trailblazing Canadian reserving agent and report label government, died on March 28, at age 70. She had been battling PSP (Progressive Tremendous nuclear Palsy).
Michael McMartin, the Canadian-born, Australian-based supervisor of Hoodoo Gurus, died on March 31, of most cancers, at age 79.
Rocket Norton (born Gary Wanstall), a Vancouver musician, creator and entrepreneur finest often called the drummer for Prism, died on April 5, at age 73. He was identified with most cancers in 2021.
Phil (Philip Rista) Nimmons, a Juno-winning and extremely influential Canadian jazz composer, educator and clarinettist, died on April 5, at age 100.
Jon Card, a Vancouver-based drummer who had stints in prime Canadian punk rock bands D.O.A., SNFU, The Subhumans and Character Disaster, died on April 8, on the age of 63. A reason behind demise has not been reported.
Jean-Pierre Ferland, a celebrated Quebec lyricist, composer and singer, died on April 27, of pure causes. He was 89.
Steve Albini, Chicago-based rock musician studio wizard, died on Might 7. Although not Canadian himself, he labored with a variety of Canadian musicians who paid tribute to Billboard Canada FYI.
Dee Lippingwell, a B.C.-based rock photographer acknowledged as one in every of Canada’s most prolific, died on Might 9, at age 78, of most cancers.
Mélanie Renaud, a Haitian-born Quebec-based singer, died on Might 14, at age 42, from ovarian most cancers.
Bob Mackowycz Sr., a Toronto broadcaster and creator finest recognized for his work on Q-107, died on Might 30, at age 75, after a sudden and sudden sickness.
Ray St. Germain, a singer-songwriter, TV host and Métis nation music legend from Manitoba, died on June 25, at age 83. He had been residing with Parkinson’s illness.
Bic Hoang, an internationally-renowned Vancouver-based multi-instrumentalist recognized for her work with Khac Chi Bamboo Music, died on June 26, at age 60, after a four-year battle with most cancers.
John Naslen, a Toronto musician and Juno-winning recording engineer, died on June 27. His age and a reason behind demise haven’t been reported.
Kevin Doyle, former operator of the Boathouse music venue in Kitchener, died on June 29, at age 57, of most cancers.
Rick (John Richard) Cluff, one in every of British Columbia’s most beloved radio personalities, died on July 2, at age 74, of most cancers.
Mary Martin, a legendary Canadian-born artist supervisor and A&R Govt who boosted the careers of many main artists, died on July 4, at age 85.
Rick Rose (Maiuri), a Niagara Falls-based veteran rock and nation singer-songwriter, died on July 14, at age 64, of most cancers.
Devon Martin (a.okay.a. Devon), a Canadian rapper and musician finest recognized for his award-winning 1990 protest single, “Mr. Metro,” died on July 23, at age 62.
Robert Grant Scott, a Toronto-based jazz and pop pianist, composer and trainer, died on July 27, at age 48, after a sudden coronary heart assault.
Bob Burchill, a people singer/songwriter from southwest Ontario finest often called a member of ’70s favourites The Perth County Conspiracy, died in August.
Tom Tompkins, a radio veteran and former President of the Canadian Nation Music Affiliation (CCMA), died in August, of most cancers.
Juan Rodriguez, a groundbreaking Montreal rock music critic for The Gazette and the Montreal Star, died on Aug. 3, at age 76.
Mark Gerald Hesselink, a Toronto filmmaker, photographer and music video director and producer, died on Aug. 12, at age 58.
Harry Gordon Forbes, a Canadian display screen composer and musician, died on Aug. 22, at age 80.
Tony (Antoni Robert) Dewald, drummer in ’80s Montreal garage-rock duo Deja Voodoo and co-owner of the Og Music report label, died on Aug. 29, of most cancers. His battle with most cancers was documented on this story.
Jack Lengthy, musician and founding father of main Canadian music retailer chain Lengthy & McQuade, died on Sept 4, at age 95.
Joe Kozak, a Canadian nation recording artist, producer, studio proprietor and engineer, died on Sept. 10, at age 88.
Al (Alan) Duffy, a veteran Toronto blues bassist and report producer who labored with Jack de Keyzer, Morgan Davis, Downchild Blues Band and others, died on Sept. 17, at age 74.
Dave (‘Squirly’) Allison, unique guitarist for Canadian thrash metallic band Anvil, died on Sept. 30, on the age of 68.
Ken (Kenneth Wayne Paul) Tobias, a well-liked people/roots/pop singer-songwriter, died on Oct. 2 in his hometown of St. John, NB. after battling mind most cancers for 2 months. He was 79 years outdated.
George Johns, a Canadian musician and radio programmer and government credited as being one of many pioneers behind Grownup Modern radio, died on Oct. 3, at age 83.
Nell Smith, a younger Canadian singer-songwriter recognized for collaborating with The Flaming Lips, died on Oct. 5, in a automobile accident, at age 17.
Mike (Michael) Bullard, a Canadian stand-up comedian and broadcaster, died on Oct. 12, at age 67.
Keith Sharp, a Canadian music journalist and co-founder and editor in chief of influential month-to-month music journal Music Specific, died on Oct. 18, after a brief sickness. He was 71 years of age.
Don (Donald Peter) Zueff, a famend Manitoban fiddle participant and songwriter finest recognized for work in Prairie Canine and D. Rangers, died on Oct. 18, at age 73.
Tony Zorzi, an in-demand guitarist and trainer on the Toronto music scene, died on Nov. 27, at age 69, after a protracted battle with most cancers.
Mitch Funk, a pioneer of Canadian punk rock as frontman of Winnipeg band Character Disaster, died on Dec. 2, after a prolonged battle with a number of myeloma. He was 65 years outdated.
Cris Cuddy, an acclaimed Ontario nation/people/roots-rock singer-songwriter, each as a solo artist and as a member of Jeremy Dormouse and Max Mouse and the Gorillas, died on Dec. 7, at age 77, of most cancers.
