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Patrick Sky, pioneering folk musician, dies aged 80

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Rolling Stone reports, his wife – fellow musician and novelist Cathy Larson Sky – confirmed Sky had succumbed to prostate and bone cancer.

He had previously been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2017.Patrick Sky was most known for his highly provocative satirical record ‘Songs That Made America Famous’, which was recorded in 1971 but wasn’t released until some years later, following difficulties trying to get a record label to sign off on the profanities.Fellow musician and friend, Eric Andersen, paid tribute to Sky on Thursday (May 27) in a post praising his “brilliant mind and insightful soul”.“Well, today’s a big, big sad day for me personally and for all of us songwriter music lovers.

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