Jeff Healey, 'Roadhouse' singer, dies at age 41

**tkdgirl** · March 2nd, 2008, 10:29 PM

Legendary blues guitarist Jeff Healey has died, his publicist said Sunday. The Canada rock musician had battled cancer for his entire life.

Healey, 41, had also lost his eyesight to the disease.

The musician had performed with such great guitar players as B. B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert Collins.

His band, simply named the Jeff Healey Band, has sold more than 1 million albums in the United States.
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A great talent.

**pacific breeze** · March 2nd, 2008, 10:34 PM

I just heard this on the CBC news. Sad. R.I.P. Jeff.

**celeb_2006** · March 2nd, 2008, 11:23 PM

Yea he was cool in that movie, one of my all time guilty pleasures

**NicoleWasHere** · March 2nd, 2008, 11:24 PM

Don't know who this guy is, but it's still a shame that he had to die so young. R.I.P.

**blissfullyunaware** · March 2nd, 2008, 11:42 PM

Aww, thats a shame

never got a chance to see him live RIP

**msdeb** · March 2nd, 2008, 11:47 PM

thats sad.

**Ravenna** · March 3rd, 2008, 06:11 AM

I'm sad about this. I really only knew one or two of his songs, but I was always amazed how he learned to play the guitar when he was so young that his fingers wouldn't fit around the neck and so he played backwards. I didn't know it was cancer that robbed him of his sight, I thought it was a birth defect.

RIP Jeff

**lisalucy69** · March 3rd, 2008, 08:02 AM

This is so sad. I did not know his sight was lost to cancer. He was so talented. RIP.

**Mel1973** · March 3rd, 2008, 08:05 AM

Angel Eyes????? wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

**LynnieD** · March 3rd, 2008, 08:06 AM

^^^I wondered if this was the guy that sang that song. That's too bad..

RIP

**KandyKorn** · March 3rd, 2008, 08:28 AM

RIP Jeff, sorry to see you go.

**Bijoux** · March 3rd, 2008, 08:32 AM

Bye Jeff....

Canada will always love you

**mrs.v** · March 3rd, 2008, 08:37 AM

RIP,Jeff.

Angel Eyes was a pretty song.He also did an excellent cover of "As my guitar gently weeps..".Sad,talented.

**Moongirl** · March 3rd, 2008, 01:18 PM

RIP

YouTube - Jeff healey band " angel eyes " live uktv 1989

**SummerSwelter** · March 3rd, 2008, 06:40 PM

Only 41 and gone forever, I didn't know he'd fought cancer all his life, either.

What a tragedy.

'Angel Eyes' was me and my first girlfriend's song.

Bye Jeff.