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Kate McGarrigle Dies At 63

Folk music legend Kate McGarrigle, mother of Rufus and Martha Wainwright, has died at 63. The Canadian McGarrigle and her younger sister Anna started the duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle — sometimes billed as the McGarrigle Sisters — in the mid-1970s, creating a modern permutation of folk music notable for their crystalline harmonies. Their self-titled debut was a masterpiece of …

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