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Publishing date: Mar 13, 2021 • March 13, 2021 • 7 minute read • Pat Hammel, of the Ottawa Valley based band Ghost Town Cryers, performing at the Pembroke Waterfront Festival back in 2010. Pat recently passed away after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Family and friends are holding an old fashioned Irish Wake to celebrate his life on March 17.
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A local musician who passed away last week after a courageous battle with brain cancer is being remembered not only for his constant smile and love of all things Irish, but also as a teacher, mentor, performer, amateur therapist and a man whose passion for music and the Ottawa Valley will live on long after his ashes are scattered near his beloved cottage deep in Algonquin Park.
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