Healey, Norman Jeff

Jeff Healey

Born: March 25, 1966, Toronto, Ontario

Died: March 2, 2008, St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Cause of death: Cancer

Buried at: Park Lawn Cemetery, Etobicoke

Accolades: Walk of Fame

Occupation: Musician

Blind since early childhood, Jeff Healey’s guitar playing virtuosity and soulful voice saw him rise to prominence in the entertainment world in the late 1980s selling millions of albums worldwide. For over two decades, Jeff would go on to enjoy both a successful rock/blues career and as well as a wonderful jazz music career.

Jocelyn Gordon

About the Author: Jocelyn Gordon

Jocelyn Gordon is an educator in Toronto. Her work in the Dead Canadians collective is genealogy, settler cemeteries and “snippets of history“. She is our top researcher and is an authority on Toronto cemeteries.

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