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About Marie-Lynn Hammond
- Marie-Lynn Hammond (born August 31, 1948) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, broadcaster and playwright.
- Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a Franco-Ontarian mother and an Anglo-Quebecer father, she is fluently bilingual and writes and performs material in both English and French. She began her career as a founder of the folk music group Stringband, and later pursued a solo career.
- She was also a host of programming on CBC Radio in the 1980s and 1990s, including Dayshift and Musical Friends.
- She has also written several plays, including the bilingual musical Beautiful Deeds/De beaux gestes and the drama White Weddings.On August 26, 2006, Hammond was thrown from her horse while horseback riding, and sustained serious injuries.
- Her friends organized two benefit concerts at Hugh's Room in January 2007 to help raise money for her non-insured health care costs.
- People who appeared at the concerts included Bob Bossin, Stuart McLean, Eve Goldberg, Garnet Rogers, Nancy White, Sylvia Tyson, Don Ross, Rick Salutin, Jian Ghomeshi and Mike Ford.
- The accident has left her with a visual impairment, but she has otherwise recovered and working (and riding) again.
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