The remarkable singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester died

 Singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester sadly died at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia on the morning of April 11,2014 from bladder cancer.He was only 69.

          Jesse Winchester spent a large part of his life in Montreal.He moved to Montreal from Memphis, Tennessee in 1967 to avoid the Vietnam war draft and became a Canadian citizen in 1973.He resided in Montreal for 35 years,and some of his family members still live in Montreal.

             He became an anti-war icon as a draft dodger or draft evader.Many of his songs reflect the anti-war sentiment.

          Eventually Jesse Winchester moved back to the United States in 2002.

         In Montreal,Jesse Winchester lived in the McGill ghetto after returning from touring with Les Astronauts.He also lived in an apartment above Lafayette Pizza,at the corner of Villeneuve and Jeanne Mance streets.Additionally,he spent many years living in a log house in Magog,CTV News reported