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Author: Brad Wheeler
Publication Date: May 16, 2025 - 13:45
Effervescent tenor Claude Morrison co-founded the a cappella group the Nylons
May 16, 2025
Claude Morrison, the last surviving original member of the world-famous Canadian a cappella group the Nylons, died of cancer in his home on April 22. He was 72 and had retired when the vocal quartet called it a day in 2017. Funny and self-aware, he joked about his celebrity status. “Don’t you know who I think I am?” he would exclaim, in mock indignation.
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