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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Funeral Arrangements For Gene O'Connor

A Burial Mass for well known Saint John country musician Gene O'Connor who passed away at the age of 72 will be held shortly after noonhour Friday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

Meantime, there will be visitations at the Fundy Funeral Home on Westmorland Road tomorrow and Thursday from 2 to 4 in the afternoon and 6 to 8 at night.

The famous City performer died after a two-month stay in hospital.

O'Connor was a member of the New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame and during his career, opened for such stars as Brooks and Dunn, George Jones, Charlie Pride and Tanya Tucker.

Comments on Facebook describe him as spiritual and a character who will be missed. We're told around the bar at the Grove Lounge, which he owned at one time, they will miss his yodelling.