Greg Quill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Greg Quill

Australian musician, Canadian journalist

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1947

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 05-May-2013

Profession: composer, music critic, journalist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Gregory Raymond "Greg" Quill (18 April 1947 – 5 May 2013) was an Australian-born musician, singer-songwriter and journalist.
He lived in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and was an entertainment columnist at the Toronto Star newspaper from the mid-1980s until his death in May 2013.
In Australia he came to popular fame as a singer-songwriter for the country rock band Country Radio (1970–73).
Their biggest hit, "Gypsy Queen", co-written by Quill with bandmate Kerryn Tolhurst, was released in August 1972 and peaked at No.
12 on the Go-Set National Top 40.
After getting an arts grant, Quill travelled to Toronto in 1974 and by the mid-1980s had become a journalist with the Toronto Star.
By 1983 he was married to Ellen Davidson, a public relations executive.
Greg Quill died on 5 May 2013, at the age of 66, from "complications due to pneumonia".