US folk and blues singer Phoebe Snow has died, 26 April 2011, of complications from a stroke she suffered last year, aged 58.
The singer-songwriter, who was best known for her 1975 hit Poetry Man, had been in a coma since the stroke in January 2010, her manager said.
Snow largely dropped out of the public spotlight soon after her first album to care for her daughter who was born with a severe brain injury.
However she continued to make albums, releasing 16 during her career.
Born Phoebe Ann Laub in New York City in 1950, the singer changed her name after seeing Phoebe Snow, a fictional advertising character for a railroad, on trains that passed through her hometown in New Jersey.
Her acclaimed 1974 self-titled album debut reached number four in the chart, spawning the hit Poetry Man as well as earning Snow a best new artist Grammy nomination.
A year later, when Valerie was born with hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the brain cavity, Snow decided to care for her at home rather than place her in a hospital.
Although she was not expected to live more than a few years, Valerie later died in 2007 aged 31.
"Occasionally I put an album out, but I didn't like to tour, and they didn't get a lot of label support," the singer told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2008.
"But you know what? It didn't really matter because I got to stay home more with Valerie, and that time was precious."
Again thanks to Music Maestro Mark for passing on the obituary
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