Ottawa rock and roll royalty, songwriter of 'Signs' Les Emmerson dead at 77
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Les Emmerson, the beloved and talented musician who wrote a song that defined a generation and led the Five Man Electrical Band to international stardom, died Friday in an Ottawa hospital.
The musician, loving husband, father and rock and roll song writing icon was 77.
"He had underlying health conditions that made him additionally vulnerable to COVID," said wife of 34 years, Monik Emmerson, who Les affectionately called "his manager, photographer, his everything."
Monik Emmerson said her husband was double vaccinated and always extremely cautious. He had been in the hospital for other health challenges over the past year.
Emmerson contracted COVID in November. He died in the ICU at the Queensway Carleton Hospital.
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