She died surrounded by loved ones in California on new year’s day after a long battle with cancer, according to a post on her Facebook page.

with Neil Young forward to 2014 and she made her artistdebut as a backup singer on his tours. She gave out her first album in 2007 and has since released a further four, and has toured with her band The Survivors.

She had two children with her husband and together they started a school for children with disabilities in 1986.

Pegi Young was 66 years.