Lois Lilienstein of Sharon, Lois and Bram dies at 78
Lois Lilienstein, centre, seen in 2002 with fellow singers Sharon Hampson and Bram Morrison, stopped touring with the group in 2000.
Her son David Lilienstein says she died at home in Toronto surrounded by friends and family.
He said she had a rare form of cancer, which was diagnosed last October.
She stopped touring with the group in 2000 after the death of her husband, Ernest, but made one last performance in Toronto a year ago.
Sharon Hampson and Bram Morrison continue to perform for children under the name, Sharon and Bram.
“She was a warm spirit,” Jeff Andrusyk, agent for Sharon and Bram, said on Thursday. “She loved her fans. She was very appreciative of the career that she had, the lives that she touched.”
Andrusyk, 29, said he was one of the fans who was moved by the group’s harmonies.
“I grew up with Sharon, Lois and Bram,” Andrusyk said.
News of her death on Wednesday immediately trended on Twitter.
MUSIC GROUPS NAMED - SHARON; LOIS AND BRAM
“Lois was remarkable,” Toronto city councillor Josh Matlow (open Josh Matlow's policard) tweeted. “She dedicated her career to making children’s lives magical w/her music. I was one of those kids.”
The three-time Juno Award-winning trio issued its debut “One Elephant, Deux Elephants” in 1978.
Sharon, Lois and Bram’s TV series “The Elephant Show” ran from 1984 to 1989 on CBC.
It also aired in the United States on Nickelodeon, where it was a consistent ratings draw.
Featuring Sharon, Lois and Bram alongside the tuba-voiced Elephant, the show aired for 65 episodes, each ending with the song “Skinnamarink.”
In the late 1990s the group returned to the screen with “Skinnamarink TV,” which ran for 52 episodes.
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