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Tue 06 Jun 2009Acclaimed traditional singer Rita Keane dies aged 86
RITA KEANE, an internationally acclaimed traditional singer and member of one of Galway’s best-known musical families, has died. She was 86.
Ms Keane, an aunt of singers Seán and Dolores Keane, was regarded as one of the most influential traditional singers of the past half century or more.
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