{"id":676512,"date":"2026-05-18T01:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/676512\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:04:08","slug":"award-winning-cree-cellist-cris-derksen-dead-after-car-crash-booking-agency-says-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/676512\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning Cree cellist Cris Derksen dead after car crash, booking agency says &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgJBVV95cUxQTDdhazBubDQteEl3Zk0wTzFRNWtPVzktc2hfd3hsM3oxUEpqNlg3RmdlNHg1STRzUTBrckQ2QXdFTE05WFlpNkpud09KRVVNS21vUXRxWTUzSWlOM2k2SXVNOVk2QjdPSXp1UEVNT1FRay00bVB3UWtNd3NDd09FWlZLRFRBSHNFOG1jVmR1R0Q2aGswczFDaGg2c0xPcnVXWVRJVXJmUVB4SDJLVUZ2MXowUDgzOE56bkt1M3FUeDBVbzJoSGhua0hoYUkxRzR6YVBVOUtQTzJLbnFUSDE0cDFNa3Zaazk4UkpFbDNUd2xBV2JicnJvaEJqUVNJNGFLemo0aG1VMzdNOFdsRmJyR2xrdFdTUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Award-winning Cree cellist Cris Derksen dead after car crash, booking agency says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOMFRCdmpFMnZKa2RCbl9mdWlOWU9WR1h4dTR0S21DM1BxOHlWU0VBNHc2R2RVX0U1UWt1cFZYYjNlRWFnN3oybkRxdWVNNnpGazhvT2VLWm9VX2RpVk1lUjJMZklndHA3Q1daOVBBazRtanFxVzhpQkhaWGtoZ004LThyLWV5aFlJUVdXcGNqRVV1eXg2c2o4Rk53OW5GcjI4MmJqVmRobw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cris Derksen, indigenous cellist and composer, dead after car crash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiaEFVX3lxTE5PT3A2dWhkcUNFSW5rdXdNU1pMT2hTRl9tY3d3bmRZZkJDUkFGVnptWmFZbjVyNXZGbVI0dDI1OE1lRG5JRzJPYk1CT0YyVDBwMkZGLVZuUkptZ2o1bGg4cW51MktRek9E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Outpouring of grief at news of cello innovator Cris Derksen&#8217;s death<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;createastir.ca<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE91cjdQeWpBdm15d2E5QWFNd2FlMmZKTWZWSXVySVB2aEl3eE1sWFRycDdhYmxCZm02SmFSbUpMUFg4NlQyQkdlVzRUSVA1QTFZVTZzWE00R1RjOE0zTUM3amU4amVoQWpNVENZT3dUc21RY0RCc01LeGhfTHEzMWs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Renowned Indigenous cellist killed in crash returning from father&#8217;s funeral<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Edmonton Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPTWVlX0JGTENaTXl3YkFLRFlOcTNIeERxdm1EYkkwNVAwd1h0eXd0RGdHVWlEcV9HSmpxTS05OXdpdWdHLVFOVVlTU3pBODlBRjRtVnQ4S01PZHpDSE1mSnFKa042SDllZEE0T2Z6VGJYWmRlcnN2MGtLaGVmUnduNGpuQ0gxOVNhcjh1T0FoN2RXSzZXLWpQR2hrTm5yMmw5X09uY0l2a29Gak00ODdhX1R0UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Renowned composer, cellist Derksen dead after car crash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Winnipeg Free Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Award-winning Cree cellist Cris Derksen dead after car crash, booking agency says&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarCris Derksen, indigenous cellist and composer,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-676512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}