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Linda Perhacs Found Safe After 8 Months Missing

The folk singer who inspired generations is alive and accounted for.

Good news out of the Linda Perhacs situation. The 82-year-old folk artist—best known for her cult-classic '70s work—has been found safe after disappearing eight months ago from a residential care facility.

For months, friends and supporters of Perhacs had been sounding the alarm, saying they couldn't locate her after she was discharged from the facility. The lack of information sparked real concern in the music community, especially among the people who've long championed her influence on indie and alternative music. Her "Hey, Who Really Cares" and broader catalog of intimate, introspective folk had earned her quiet reverence over decades.

Details are still coming together on exactly where she's been and what happened during those eight months, but the main thing—she's okay. That's what matters. Her friends can finally exhale.

Perhacs represents something important in music history: an artist who never chased the mainstream but created work that mattered to the people who found it. Glad to see her accounted for and safe.


Read the full story at E! News → https://www.eonline.com/news/1434521/singer-linda-perhacs-82-found-safe-after-going-missing-for-8-months?cmpid=rss-syndicate-genericrss-us-top_stories

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