ROANOKE TIMES
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DATE: Sunday, December 8, 1996 TAG: 9612090074
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: TORONTO
TYPE: NEWS OBIT
Wilf Carter, a Canadian country music legend whose career spanned six decades, has died at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 91.
Carter, best known to U.S. country music fans as Montana Slim, died Thursday night. He was diagnosed with a stomach tumor two months ago.
Carter, the son of a Baptist minister, was born in Port Hilford, Nova Scotia, on Dec. 18, 1904. As a child, he was inspired by a touring Swiss yodeler and developed a distinctive yodel that became a trademark of his performances.
In the early '30s, Carter recorded an audition demo of ``Swiss Moonlight Lullaby'' and ``The Capture of Albert Johnson,'' which RCA Victor released in 1933.
- Associated Press
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