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Sibel Thrasher in 2017 as she prepared to sing in Steveston.
Photo by Chung Chow
Sibel Thrasher remembered
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A brilliant star has dimmed.
Longtime Richmond entertainer Sibel Thrasher died April 9 at age 70.
“Singing is good for the soul,” Thrasher once said. “As long as I can make somebody smile, it’s worth coming out.”
Originally from Cincinnati, Thrasher came to Vancouver in 1985 with the singing group The Platters, famous for songs such as “Only You” and “The Great Pretender.” In a 2017 interview she said her stay was originally meant to be only a month, but she didn’t want to leave.
Ever elegant, Thrasher entertained across the Lower Mainland in many shows, including the Arts Club production of Ain’t Misbehavin’, two hours of song and dance based on Fats Waller’s music.
“We did eight shows a week. But it was great fun. It was like going to a party,” she said.
Thrasher and her husband Michael lived in Richmond near Garden City Road. She enjoyed performing in local venues, like the Gulf of Georgia Cannery and the ANAF club in Steveston.
Thrasher was inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2004 and given a star on the Walk of Fame in Vancouver.
Prior to a 2017 performance at the cannery, Thrasher confided: “All these years I’ve been singing, I still get nervous.”
Even though she is no longer with us, we can still be moved by Thrasher’s music and philosophy.
“I want everybody to come out and have a good time and if you feel like dancing, dance.”
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