Member of Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura, Carey Lander has died after battling a rare form of cancer. The singer and keyboard player was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, in 2011.
Lander has since raised more than £50,000 to help fund research into the disease. The band announced her death in a statement made on their social media pages.
Despite her health, Lander continued as an active member of the band. On her JustGiving page she wrote that she felt ‘quite fortunate in that I have been able to have periods of living something of a normal life in the last four years and to continue playing.’
She added, ‘Being able to record the album we had started working on before my diagnosis, and to travel and play shows again has been amazing, and I’m very grateful to everyone that’s bought out records, come to our concerts or supported us in some way.’
In August the group announced that Lander would be taking some time off to fight her illness and consequently the band would also decided to take time off from touring and cancelled planned gigs.
You can donate to her cause here.
It is with the greatest sadness, that we must share the news that Carey passed away peacefully this morning after her…
Posted by Camera Obscura on Sunday, 11 October 2015
