Canadian folk music icon Ian Tyson has died, his ex-partner Sylvia Tyson has confirmed to CBC News.
‘Like a Canadian national anthem’: Sylvia Tyson talks about the pair’s hit song
David Bell · Radio-Canada News ·
Folk music icon Ian Tyson died Thursday morning, his ex-wife confirmed to CBC News. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)
Canadian folk music icon Ian Tyson died Thursday morning, his ex-wife confirmed to CBC News. He was 89 years old.
His ex-wife and musical partner, Sylvia Tyson, said the 89-year-old’s impact on Canadian culture is hard to overestimate.
« I sat down with a young band at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto and they wanted me to do Four Strong Winds with them. It was a pretty young audience and I didn’t really expect that kind of response, but everything everyone in the crowd sang Four Strong Winds. Strong Winds, » she told CBC News in a phone interview Thursday.
« It’s kind of like a Canadian national anthem. »
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