Canadian Music Icon Joni Mitchell Proudly Becomes American Citizen
Canadian music icon Joni Mitchell proudly became an American citizen after moving to the US in the mid-1960s.
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The 82-year-old singer shared a photo of herself standing beside the American flag, along with a video clip from her citizenship ceremony, in a Tuesday Instagram post captioned, “A journey that began 62 years ago.”
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Mitchell, who was originally born in Canada, can now cast her vote in American elections, something she had previously stated she wished she could do.
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Mitchell married American folk singer Chuck Mitchell in 1965 and moved with him to Detroit. Their marriage ended about two years later, but by then, she had begun building a following on the American folk music circuit.
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Mitchell released her debut album, Song to a Seagull, in 1968 and later settled in Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon, where she wrote Ladies of the Canyon. The album went gold in 1970.
She continued residing in Santa Barbara, California. (RELATED: Jerry Seinfeld Jokes He’s ‘Into’ Genocide During Heated Confrontation With Pro-Palestinian Protesters)
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Fans flooded Mitchell’s Instagram post with congratulatory messages.
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