Rachel Bissex (December 27, 1956 – February 20, 2005) was an American

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. Her works included "Dancing With My Mother" and "Drive All Night".

Death

Bissex died in 2005, aged 48, in

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from

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Legacy

*Rachel Bissex Memorial College Fund

Discography

* ''Light in Dark Places'' (1991) * ''Don't Look Down'' (1995) * ''I Used to Be Nice'' (1998) * ''Between the Broken Lines'' (2001) * ''In White Light'' (2004) * Tribute-CD: ''Remembering Rachel. Songs of Rachel Bissex'' (2005)

References

External links

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Victor K. Heyman's Porträt of "Rachel Bissex"

Interview on Vermont PBS "Profile" 11/5/2004

Biography
1956 births 2005 deaths Singers from Boston American women folk singers American women singer-songwriters American folk guitarists Deaths from cancer in Vermont Deaths from breast cancer in the United States 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American women singers 20th-century American women guitarists 21st-century American women guitarists 20th-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American singer-songwriters {{US-singer-songwriter-stub