RIP Peeter Kopvillem, 1954-2016 Maclean’s
In Memoriam | 11 May 2016  | EWR OnlineEWR
Maclean’s loses its senior executive editor, a fine musician and fierce defender of his family’s native Estonia


Photo by Peter Bregg

Amid the grief and dismay that has rocked Maclean’s at the news of our colleague Peeter Kopvillem’s death at 62 after a long illness, it was gratifying to note that obituaries from Estonia identified him first as a musician. He was a ferocious blues guitarist, who preferred a gentler acoustic accompaniment for his own compositions inspired by the folk music of his family’s native Estonia, where his father was a prominent cabaret singer......................

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In Memoriam