MacNeil, Rita

Rita MacNeil

Born: May 28, 1944, Big Pond, Nova Scotia

Died: April 16, 2013, Sydney, Nova Scotia

Cause of death: Complications of surgery

Buried at: Not Interred

Burial plot: "My ashes to be placed in my tea room teapot. Two, if necessary"

Accolades: Order of Canada

Occupation: Singer

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Rita MacNeil was a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island.

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