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Grammy winner Snow dies at age 60

PHOEBE Snow, the bluesy singer-songwriter known for her song "Poetry Man," died in the United States on Tuesday at age 60 of complications from a stroke she suffered last year, her manager said.

Snow released 16 albums, composed more than 100 songs and was nominated for a best new artist Grammy Award in 1975.

The New Jersey-born singer's "Poetry Man," about her infatuation with a man, was released on a self-titled 1974 album and was her first big hit. It led to her landing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

Snow also had a hit song with another track, "Harpo's Blues," from the same album.

Soon after, Snow put her career on hold to care for her daughter, Valerie, who was born with a brain injury. Valerie died at age 31 in 2007, and Snow considered caring for her daughter to be her greatest accomplishment, her manager Sue Cameron said.

When Snow suffered a stroke in January 2010, she had just finished recording a collection of songs and was rehearsing with her band in anticipation of performing weekly shows at a winery in New York, according to her management firm.

But she never emerged from a coma after the stroke.

Snow is survived by her sister, Julie Laub, her uncle Bob Laub and several cousins.

A memorial concert is expected to be announced shortly.



 

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