Canadian singer -songwriter Jann Arden

 Jann Arden (born 1962)is a Canadian singer-songwriter born in Calgary.

         Jann Arden grew up in a troubled family dynamic.Her father was an abusive alcoholic.

         Her brother was convicted of the first-degree murder of 21 year-old Carrie Louise Marshall in Creston, British Columbia and was incarcerated in Alberta in 1992. 

     Jann Arden's mother Joan Richards,a longtime sufferer of Alzheimer's disease died in December 2018.She started showing signs of Alzheimer's in her early seventies,over a decade before her death.