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British Columbia-based singer Sibel Thrasher, who featured heavily on Destroyer’s 2011 album Kaputt, has died, local outlet Richmond News reports. She was 67 years old. Destroyer’s Dan Bejar, a fellow British Columbia resident, paid tribute to the late Thrasher in a social media post earlier today (April 17). “Saddened to hear of Sibel’s passing,” Bejar wrote. “Her voice transformed Kaputt, her presence lit the stage. Working with her was a honour and she will be dearly missed. Rest In Peace.” Find Bejar’s post below.
Thrasher was born in 1952 in Cincinnati, Ohio, but she settled in Vancouver, British Columbia in the early ’80s. She began singing and performing professionally at age six. During her 60-year career, she worked with iconic doo wop group the Platters, composer Roy Ayers, blues artist Long John Baldry, pianist Linton Garner, and many others. She released a collection of songs titled The First Face of Sibel Thrasher in 2001. That record included standards like “Fools Rush In” and “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” She is credited for singing on nine of Kaputt’s tracks on the deluxe edition of the LP, notably on “Chinatown.”
In 2004, Thrasher was inducted into the British Columbia Entertainment Hall of Fame. She also occasionally worked as an actor, starring alongside Donald Sutherland and Diane Lane in the 2005 drama Fierce People, among other films.