What is Kate McGarrigle?
[[Image:Kate McGarrigle.jpg|thumb|220px|Kate McGarrigle performing]] '''Kate McGarrigle''' ( February 6, 1946, in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]] - January 18, 2010) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[singer-songwriter]] famous for her emotional songs written in the [[folk music|folk]] style.<ref name=nyt>{{Cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/arts/music/20mcgarrigle.html?_r=1 |title=Kate McGarrigle, Canadian Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 63 |work=nytimes.com |accessdate=27 December 2010 }}</ref> With her sister [[Anna McGarrigle]], she had success in the 1970's where they were well known for their harmony singing.<ref name=nyt/> Some of the McGarrigles songs became hits for singers such as [[Linda Ronstadt]] and [[Maria Muldaur]].<ref name=nyt/> Kate married singer [[Loudon Wainwright III]] and had two children, singers [[Martha Wainwright]] and [[Rufus Wainwright]].<ref name=nyt/> She died of [[clear-cell sarcoma]] in Montreal. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McGarrigle, Kate}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2010 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from sarcoma]] [[Category:Canadian singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Quebec]] [[Category:Folk musicians]] [[Category:Musicians from Montreal]]