EDMONTON — A Edmonton homeless man whose spontaneous piano performance was viewed on the internet by millions of people has died. He said Arcand struggled with a developmental disability, trauma and mental illness and used alcohol, drugs and the piano to cope. Arcand had been living on the streets when a woman recorded him playing a battered outdoor piano near city hall in 2014. The video raised enough money to buy Arcand a keyboard, although Tkachuk said he’s not sure if Arcand still had it when he died. Arcand was originally from the Alexander First Nation, northwest of Edmonton, and his funeral is to be held there Saturday.

Source: National Post March 07, 2018 21:01 UTC