Singer and Cape Breton darling Rita MacNeil passed away Tuesday evening. She was 68.
Her death was announced in a news release on her website, which described her as “a gentle soul with a heart of gold and the voice of an angel.”
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Canadians from Big Pond, Cape Breton to Vancouver were saddened by folk icon’s death.
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