Canadian country singer Stompin' Tom Connors dies

(Reuters) - Canadian country singer and folk icon Stompin' Tom Connors, known for songs "The Hockey Song," and "Sudbury Saturday Night" and his staunch patriotism, has died at age 77, his record company A-C-T Records said. Connors died at his Ontario home on Wednesday of natural causes, A-C-T said in a statement posted on Connors' website. Born Thomas Charles Connors in Saint John, New Brunswick, Connors was raised by foster parents on Prince Edward Island and hitchhiked across Canada as a teenager. ...

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