Kate McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle
(1946 – 2010)
Canadian folk and roots music singer Kate McGarrigle, best known for her work with her sister, Anna, as the McGarrigle Sisters, has died at age 63. The McGarrigle Sisters, known for their gorgeous vocal harmonies, first rose to prominence when Linda Rondstadt had a hit with Anna McGarrigle’s song “Heart Like A Wheel” in 1974. The sisters then went on to release several critically-acclaimed albums, beginning with 1975’s Kate and Anne McGarrigle.
Kate McGarrigle is the mother of Rufus and Martha Wainwright, her children with Loudon Wainwright III. She succumbed to a rare form of cancer.