Ishbel MacAskill was a singer of traditional Scottish Gaelic music. She was often referred to as the "Gaelic diva

Diva

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". She was also a heritage activist.

She sang in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 and Cape Breton

Cape Breton

-Geographic locations:*Cape Breton Island, a Canadian island on the Atlantic Ocean coast*Cape Breton, a cape located at the eastern tip of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island*Cape Breton Highlands, a mountain range in northern Cape Breton Island...

 in Canada, as well as at Glasgow's celebrated Celtic Connections festival and on the Transatlantic Sessions television series. She appeared as Nora, in the popular 1990s Gaelic language soap opera, Machair, on Scottish television.

She died in Inverness

Inverness

Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...

in 2011, aged 70, from undisclosed causes.

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