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A friend of the family confirmed MacMaster died in his home in rural western Cape Breton in Nova Scotia around 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Buddy Macmaster is a member of both the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia, MacMaster was born into a Celtic-speaking, musical family in the northeastern Ontario mining town of Timmins.
MacMaster is credited with bringing Cape Breton fiddling to the world stage. He spent his career with Canadian National Railway, but often played fiddle on the side most nights of the week.
I never considered being a permanent violinist, you know, making a living at it. But ah, I was popular as a fiddler it seems, he said in an interview earlier this year.
A member of both the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia, His family, however, was originally from Cape Breton, and his family returned there when he was a toddler, moving to the town of Judique.
Funeral arrangements to be announced shortly.