Patrick Haggerty, the trailblazing gay country singer, lived ‘forcefully and fiercely’ | As It Happens with Nil Köksal, Chris Howden | Live Radio – CBC.ca

Patrick Haggerty, whose album Lavender Country is believed to be the first openly gay record by an openly gay artist, died on Monday from complications after suffering a stroke at the age of 78. His friend Brendan Greaves, whose record label gave Haggerty’s career a second wind in 2014, spoke to As It Happens host Nil Köksal.