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Rankin, John Morris
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John Morris Rankin, born April 28, 1959 in Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, was a fiddler and pianist who, as leader of the Rankins, a musical group made up of members of his family, helped revive interest in North American Celtic music and culture. Rankin was a child prodigy who was featured in the 1973 documentary film 'The Vanishing Cape Breton Fiddler', and went on to achieve stardom with the tradition-oriented Rankins, who sold two million albums and won five Juno Awards. Sadly, Rankin died on January 16, 2000 near Inverness, Cape Breton Island when his truck skidded off a coastal highway into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. He was 40 years old.
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