I found out today that folk singer Kate McGarrigle, the mother of Rufus Wainwright, succumbed to cancer yesterday. I never met her but Anne did once, when she, David, Melissa and Corinne got to go backstage in Baltimore to meet Rufus. They told me that she was in the bathroom and kept talking to Rufus through the door and later, encouraged him to load up on food at the backstage buffet.
Even though she was known world-wide and was a successful singer/musician, I guess one never gets over the starving artist days. Musicians will rarely turn down free food.
She was a gifted musician and writer, irreplaceable to her family and the world is a little less brighter tonight for her loss.
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