Nunavut says goodbye to a legendary Inuit musician

Charlie Panigoniak, Nunavut’s beloved guitarist and singer-songwriter, has died, reports CBC. He’s seen here playing one of his last shows, at a tribute concert held in his honour in Arviat in 2016. Panigoniak was born near Chesterfield Inlet but spent most of his adult life in Rankin Inlet. He credited his time spent in a southern Manitoba sanitorium to receive treatment for tuberculosis for exposing him to new styles of music. Panigoniak went on to record a number of Inuktitut-language albums, earning him a major following across Inuit Nunangat. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease about a decade ago. Panigoniak died at home in Rankin Inlet on March. 6. He was 72. (File photo)