Ottawa Valley troubadour Lyle Dillabough is dead.
His death last Saturday at the Ottawa Civic Hospital is being reported by Inside Ottawa Valley.com.
A Carleton Place resident since 1981, Dillabough was in his 62nd year.
Struggles with depression, anxiety and addiction- about which he talked openly, were compounded by Type 1 diabetes, which he battled for 22 years.
The troubadour was an accomplished singer and guitarist, and his style blended well with legends of the genre including Ron McMunn, Ray Materick, Valdy, Arlo Guthrie and Murray McLauchlan.
In 2011, he enticed 10-time Juno Award winner McLauchlan, to launch the Carleton Place in Concert series, a means to fundraise for the refurbishment of the auditorium at town hall.
Another of his initiatives, the annual October Doo in the Derry in Beckwith, will be continued by the Township.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Alan R. Barker Funeral Home and Chapel.
A musical tribute, celebrating Dillabough’s life and legacy, will occur when circumstances permit.
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