Cult folk musician and painter Ed Askew has died. He was 84 years old. PEOPLE can confirm that Askew had been battling "ongoing health struggles" and he had been in hospice care. However, no cause of ...

The cultishly-loved, veteran folk singer Ed Askew has passed away at 84 years old. His collaborators Jay Pluck and Jerry David DeCicca separately broke the news on Instagram, as Stereogum points out.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Askew's health had been declining for several years, so Askew and producer Jerry David DeCicca, an accomplished singer-songwriter ...

Folk legend Ed Askew reissued his 1984 album Imperfection on Drag City a few years back, and he just gave the first-ever fully remastered reissue to the album that started it all, 1968’s Ask the ...

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Ed Askew, a cult folk music singer/songwriter and painter, has died. He was 84. PEOPLE Magazine reported that Askew had been battling “ongoing health struggles” and had been in hospice. “Ed was a ...

If you’re the type who gets all doe eyed over every young snot who wears a kaftan and sings of freewheeling mysticism like it’s some newfangled thing, you better wise up and pay attention to the man ...

The late artist's collaborator Jay Pluck confirmed he died on Saturday, Jan. 4. Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in ...

Ed Askew, a singer-songwriter and painter who garnered a devoted following, died of natural causes on Jan. 4. He was 86. His recording label, Tin Angel Records, posted a tribute to him on Instagram, ...