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Rita MacNeil

Canadian singer (1944-2013)
Person Human Q7336562

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[9]
Date of birth
May 28, 1944
Date of death
April 16, 2013
Place of birth
Big Pond
Place of death
Sydney
Country of citizenship
Canada[7]
Occupation
singer, songwriter
Award received
Member of the Order of Canada[8]
Genre
country music, folk music[10][11]
Official website
www.ritamacneil.com[17]
Cause of death
infectious disease[14]
Discography
Rita MacNeil discography[13]
Family name
MacNeil[15]
Given name
Rita[16]
Instrument
voice[19]
Manner of death
natural causes[18]
Record label
Virgin Records[12]
Start of work period
1975[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Rita MacNeil ru Рита МакНил
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
0000000073737733
VIAF cluster ID
35333444
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n00063120
GND ID
122246748
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rita MacNeil Live at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000208787
Apple Music artist ID
17114461
Awards & Winners artist ID
01nff17
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14117661n
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
0103H2251
Deezer artist ID
152388
Discogs artist ID
1011981
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Europeana entity
agent/base/70216
FAST ID
443918
Fandango person ID
411294
Film.ru person ID
rita-maknil
Freebase ID
/m/01nff17
Goodreads author ID
1166435
HAND ID
C768-1621-B238-D0C2-8099
IMDb ID
nm0534118
IdRef ID
133832902
Jaxsta profile ID
3004adde-a058-4d44-bee4-c5dc3252e720
Kinobox person ID
883174
Last.fm ID
Rita+MacNeil
Libraries Australia ID
35900711
MusicBrainz artist ID
af8e4395-f4c5-41b6-9efc-d052a8d06b73
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000083223
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
131186140
Order of Canada recipient ID
146-4087
Rate Your Music artist ID
rita_macneil
SNAC ARK ID
w6b89wfp
SecondHandSongs artist ID
44906
Spotify artist ID
0gx2oyS38qjt5BP8lGxgye
TMDB person ID
3125508
Universal Music France artist ID
21000000910
WikiTree person ID
MacNeil-549
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJh4qH8KV67THgHXW9Gyh3
Yandex Music artist ID
146374
ČSFD person ID
475869

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Genre 2
country music, folk music
Occupation 2
singer, songwriter
Cause of death 1
infectious disease
Country of citizenship 1
Canada
Given name 1
Rita
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Mb:performer of 1
Reason to Believe
Place of death 1
Sydney
Record label 1
Virgin Records
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Rita MacNeil was born on May 28, 1944[1], in Big Pond[2]. She died on April 16, 2013[3], in Sydney[4]. She worked as a singer[5] and songwriter[6].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[21]

  • Country: CA[22]

  • Began / founded: 1944-05-28[23]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2013-04-16[24]

  • Genre(s): celtic, folk, singer-songwriter[25]

  • Community tags: celtic, east coast, folk, singer-songwriter[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: af8e4395-f4c5-41b6-9efc-d052a8d06b73[27]

FAQs

Where was Rita MacNeil born?

Rita MacNeil's place of birth was Big Pond[2].

Where did Rita MacNeil die?

Rita MacNeil died in Sydney[4].

What did Rita MacNeil do for work?

Rita MacNeil worked as a singer[5] and songwriter[6].

What awards did Rita MacNeil receive?

Honors received include Member of the Order of Canada[8].

Related Entities

Canada infectious disease Sydney Virgin Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64318: add GND source to female gender"
  2. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → C768-1621-B238-D0C2-8099
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46379: HAND ID (2)"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Sydney
    Official website → http://www.ritamacneil.com
    Cause of death → infectious disease
    Instance of → human
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32152: import P21 and P106 from GND (34)"
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