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RIP: John Mann of Spirit Of The West

John Fraser Mann passed away peacefully in Vancouver on Nov. 20, at age 57, of Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. He was diagnosed with the condition in 2012.

Mann is best known as the frontman of Vancouver-based Spirit of the West, one of Canada's most successful and best-loved roots music bands of the last 30-plus years.

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RIP: John Mann of Spirit Of The West

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