in remission and back on tour, including participation in a Vinyl Cafe tour broadcast on CBC Radio. Hynes died at a hospital in St. John's on November 19, 2015, at the age of 64. After Hynes' death, actor and writer Joel Thomas Hynes, his nephew, announced on Facebook that Hynes suffered from drug addictions that led to his demise. "He remained a hardcore addict right to his final days. And it killed him.", said Joel Thomas Hynes. Stage and screen career Hynes had starred on screen and stage as an actor/writer in numerous roles dating back to the 1970s, including The Bard of Prescott Street, "Wonderful Grand Band", The Best of CODCO, Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave, The Island Opry Show, The Lost Island Opry, Secret Nation, Anchor Zone and Dooley Gardens. Discography Albums An independent tribute album, entitled 11:11 – Newfoundland Women Sing Songs by Ron and Connie Hynes, was also released in 1997, with Newfoundland's finest female artists performing songs written by Ron Hynes and his ex-wife Connie. A documentary on Hynes, entitled Man of a Thousand Songs and directed by William MacGillivray, debuted at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. Singles Videography Cryer's Paradise, 1993; Godspeed, 1997; Ron Hynes – The Irish Tour, 2000 (full-length documentary); A Good Dog Is Lost, 2002; Record Man, 2003. THE MAN OF A THOUSAND SONGS, 2010, (feature documentary). Awards and nominations 2007 ECMA won Male Artist of the Year nominated Album of the Year for the album Ron Hynes nominated Entertainer of the Year nominated Songwriter of the Year for the song Dry 2004 ECMA won Album of the Year for the album Get Back Change won Country Recording of the Year for the album Get Back Change 1999 ECMA nominated Male Artist of the Year 1998 ECMA nominated Country Recording of the Year nominated Male Artist of the Year nominated Songwriter of the Year for the song Godspeed nominated Video of the Year for Godspeed 1994 ECMA nominated Album of the Year for album Cryer's Paradise won Country Recording of the Year won Male Artist of the Year won Song of the Year for the song Man of a Thousand Songs nominated Video of the Year for Cryer's Paradise 1992 ECMA nominated Song of the Year for the song Never Met a Liar 1991 ECMA nominated Male Artist of the Year 2009 SOCAN Awards won National Achievement Award