caption death_place death_date years_active instrument genre image article_title name occupation
mcgarrigle at the 2008 quebec , canada montreal , quebec , canada 18 january 2010 1970 -- 2009 accordion , guitar , piano , banjo , vocals folk kate mcgarrigle.jpg kate mcgarrigle
 kate mcgarrigle singer-songwriter
kate mcgarrigle

kate mcgarrigle , cm -lrb- february 6 , 1946 -- january 18 , 2010 -rrb- was a canadian folk music singer-songwriter , who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister anna mcgarrigle .
she is the mother of singers rufus wainwright and martha wainwright from her marriage to american singer-songwriter loudon wainwright iii , which ended in divorce .
