Deaths
- January 4 - Mort Garson, composer
- February 15 - Willie P. Bennett, folk singer-songwriter
- March 2 - Jeff Healey, blues guitarist
- May 11 - John Rutsey, former drummer for Rush
- July 3 - Oliver Schroer, fiddler and composer
| Preceded by 2007 in Canadian music |
Canadian music 2008 |
Succeeded by 2009 in Canadian music |
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)
“You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes,
they waste their deaths on us.”
—C.D. Andrews (1913–1992)