Low’s Alan Sparhawk on the death of his wife and bandmate Mimi Parker: ‘If you fall in love, you know this could happen'

American musician Alan Sparhawk and his wife Mimi Parker achieved enormous fame and respect as the core of alt-rock band Low. All that came to a terrible end when Parker, 55, died of cancer. In this long and beautiful story Sparhawk talks with journalist David Hutcheon – who also lost his wife to cancer – about grief, memory, and the enduring struggle to carry on.

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