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Taylor Mitchell

Taylor Mitchell

Date of birth : 08/27/1990
Date of death : 10/28/2009
City of birth : Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Taylor Josephine Stephanie Luciow became interested in performing by her mid teens and after graduating from the Etobicoke School of the Arts with a major in musical theatre deciding on a career as a singer and songwriter taking the surname Mitchell as her stage name. Mitchell had released a four track EP in 2007, she independently released an album titled For Your Consideration in March 2009. In June 2009, she was invited to perform in the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Reaction from the roots music community and radio stations was positive, and she began working on new material. A contributor to the album, Justin Rutledge, later described Mitchell as having written beyond her years: "She didn't provide answers, as so many of her age try to do. There was no preciousness about her. Instead she asked questions." To promote the album she went on a solo concert tour of the eastern coast Maritimes, beginning on October 23, 2009. A few days before her ultimate fate, Mitchell was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award as Young Performer of the Year. Her final performance was in Lucasville, near Halifax. There were two days before her scheduled concert in Sydney. In order to avoid the busy traffic of her tour, she decided to hike on the Skyline Trail at Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Unfortunately, eastern coyotes attacked her while hiking on that trail. Mitchell was bitten over most of her body, with particularly serious wounds to one of her legs and head. She was taken to Sacred Heart Community Health Centre in Cheticamp, and then airlifted to Halifax's Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in critical condition from the extreme blood loss she had suffered. She died just after midnight with her mother at her side. Mitchell's interment was at Greenwood Cemetery in Owen Sound, Ontario.

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