Healey dead at 41

Canadian rocker Jeff Healey has lost his battle with cancer. He was 41.

Canadian rocker Jeff Healey has lost his battle with cancer. He was 41.

The blind star, who mastered playing the guitar despite his disability, died at Toronto's St Joseph's Hospital on Sunday - just one day before his new album 'Mess of Blues', his first in eight years, was to be released in North America.

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