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Obituaries
Steeleye Span co-founder dies
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 4 January 2010
Tim Hart, a founding member of UK folk group Steeleye Span, died last month aged 61. He died of lung cancer on Christmas Eve.
Hart teamed up with Maddy Prior and Ashley Hutchings to form Steeleye Span in 1969. He was a member of the band during its most successful period in the early seventies, staying with them up until 1983. After leaving the group he moved away from music, taking up wildlife photography in the Canary Islands.
Paying tribute, John Dagnell of Steeleye Span’s record label Park Records told reporters: “It is a sad loss. It came as a shock to us as we did not realise his illness was so far advanced”.
