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'This Is Me' Takes An Oscar Bow

“The song is so much more than a piece of music. It has become an anthem for all of us...

'This Is Me' Takes An Oscar Bow

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“The song is so much more than a piece of music. It has become an anthem for all of us who have ever had trouble marching to the beat that others drum for us, for all of us who have ever had to find strength and beauty in what makes us different, and then to unapologetically sing it out to the world.” —Zendaya, presenting Keala Settle's performance of Best Original Song nominee "This Is Me," from the movie The Greatest Showman

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David Wiffen
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David Wiffen

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Obituaries: Peers Pay Tribute to Canadian Folk Great David Wiffen

This week we also acknowledge the passing of controversial hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, U.S. guitar ace Wayne Perkins and Hamilton musician and author Douglas Carter.

David George Wiffen, an Ottawa-based folk singer-songwriter revered by his peers and best known for his classic tune "Driving Wheel," died on April 5, at age 84.

A Globe and Mail obituary reports that "Wiffen was born in 1942, in Redhill, Surrey, a market town south of London. He first arrived in Canada as a 16-year-old with his family when his father, an engineer, was transferred to Toronto. Wiffen returned to England but eventually doubled back to Canada to stay."

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