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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Sass Jordan, Canadian rock singer-songwriter, dies aged 65

Sass Jordan sings into a microphone on stage, raising one arm upward
Sass Jordan performing in Toronto, 2009. Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Live News.

Sass Jordan, the singer-songwriter who became a significant success in Canada’s rock scene in the 1990s before starring as a judge on Canadian Idol, has died aged 65.

No cause of death has been given. A statement on social media said she died on 2 October “surrounded by her loving family … She remains in our hearts, an inimitable force of nature. An irreplaceable being of light and joy!”

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