A British-Canadian rock star has left us. Sass Jordan, musician and judge on ‘Canadian Idol ‘, has died at 63.Sass Jordan has died. Her family shared a statement through her Instagram, saying the 63-year-old died on October 2, surrounded by her “loving family.”Sass Jordan peacefully crossed over to the other side,” the family wrote. “She remains in our hearts, an inimitable force of nature. An irreplaceable being of light and joy!”

Born in Birmingham, England, on December 23, 1962, Sass Jordan left the UK. She moved to Montreal, Canada, as a youngster when her father accepted a position at Concordia University.At a young age, Jordan fell in love with music and began performing as a teenager. By the time she turned 20, Sass was already recording with several of Montreal’s top artists. She also began writing songs on her own, and one of her early ones, written for singer Michael Breen, became a Top 40 hit in Canada.Her big break came in 1988 when she signed with Atlantic Records and released her debut album, Tell Somebody. The album did well and produced two Canadian hits, the title track and Double Trouble, both of which placed just outside the Top 10.The following year, Sass Jordan received the Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist. She followed up the debut album with the 1992 album Racine, which produced four Top 20 hits and helped her grow her audience even wider.