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Jeff Healey

41 years old
Born Mar 25, 1966
Died Mar 2, 2008
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A great musician is now gone.

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Blues Man

The Canadian Press

March 2, 2008 at 7:23 PM EST

TORONTO — Canadian rock musician Jeff Healey has died, according to his publicist.

His website says the 41-year-old succumbed the cancer that he had fought since birth and that claimed his eyesight at the age of one.

Healey's distinctive guitar playing style and Blues-influenced singing earned him a reputation as a musical prodigy while he was still in his teens.

He shared the stage with such rock luminaries as Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughan and B.B. King.

He went on to front the Jeff Healey Band, an award-winning Canadian act that sold over a million albums in the United States.

Healy 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.

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Added 1 day ago By Brad

HI , My name is Brad from Auckland, New Zealand. When I was first turned on to Jeff's music back in the mid 80's, I was blown away by the raw power and emotion of his playing - and I soon grouped him in with my guitar favourites of all time, ie: Hendrix, Santana, Clapton, SRV. I was lucky enough to see Jeff and the band in concert, here in Auckland in the early 90's - and his unstoppable spirit shone through then when he was heckled by some idiot in the audience. Jeff ended up telling the guy to "Shut the F*** Up" - and the whole audience cheered. I'll never forget it. My deepest sympathies to Jeff's family. The world has lost a great guitarist, and a great man

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Added 1 day ago By Bonnie

Hi my name is Bonnie from Pa. I wanted to send my deepest sympathy to the family of Jeff Healey.Wow what a talent this man was.My family and I love rythm&blues music.It was a few yrs back that i bought my first Jeff Healey Band tape .My brother Brian and i were out for a drive and i said to him i've got this great tape i want you to hear it'sthe Jeff Healey Band and this guy can play a guitar like a smokin gun.Needless to say he liked it.One of my favorite songs off the tape was Don't Let Your Chance Go By.Jeff i know you r up there with alot of great muscian so keep the music playing.

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Added 3 days ago By Doug

I am with a local blues band and your Mess of Blues CD (my 2 labs got it for me for Father's day) is what I have been focusing on playing without knowing you are playing somewhere else. Thank you for the excitment of the music you played and for Roadhouse. You are an inspiration.

Doug