Legendary rocker Jeff Healey lost his battle with cancer Sunday.

The 41 year-old musician died in a Toronto hospital, CBC.ca reports his publicist said.

Healey had a rare form of retinal cancer called Retinoblastoma at a very young age that caused him to lose his vision but that didn’t stop the talented artist from teaching himself to play guitar and go on to be labeled a teenage musical prodigy.

Over his extremely successful career, Healey performed with jazz greats George Harrison, B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

According to his website, the Grammy-nominated musician was just weeks away from the release of his first rock album in eight years.

Mess of Blues will be released on April 22.






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