SINGER-songwriter Linda Perhacs has gone missing – with the artist’s loved ones issuing a plea for information on her whereabouts.
The musician, 82, who struggles with dementia, was discharged from a care facility eight months ago – but has not been heard from since.
The cult songwriter’s friends and collaborators posted a plea for help on social media on Monday.
Her manager Laura Stearns said Linda had not been seen or heard from in eight months.
In December, she was released from an assisted living facility in Northridge, California, by her legal guardian.
Stearns said: “Linda Perhacs our dear friend and legendary singer-songwriter was discharged from a residential care facility approximately eight months ago under the supervision of her legal guardian.
“Since then, friends and longtime collaborators have been unable to reach her and repeated attempts to contact her guardian have reportedly gone unanswered. Please help us locate Linda to ensure her wellbeing.
“The intention is not to intrude upon her privacy, but simply to ensure that she is safe and to re-establish communication with someone whose artistic contributions continue to resonate across generations.”
A missing persons report for Linda was filed with the Los Angeles Police Department on June 6.
The singer’s friends and collaborators, including writer Jessica Hundley, singer Julia Holter and DubLab co-founder Mark “Frosty” McNeill, have shared pleas for information.
Her co-producer, Fernando Perdomo, said on Monday that he had been unable to reach her next of kin.
He said: “We’ve all been in touch with her since she’s been in a home for memory care, and we even performed with her two years ago for her 80th birthday party.”
Perdomo added that he wanted to speak to Linda about six weeks ago.
He explained: “So I gave her a call and found out that she had been moved out by her next of kin, and because of California law they can’t tell us where she is.
“I think he might have blocked us, which is really, really weird.”
Perhacs shot to fame decades after the 1970 release of her debut album, Parallelograms.
The record initially bombed and sold poorly, prompting Perhacs to quit the music industry and go back to her job as a dental hygienist.
However, the internet helped new fans rediscover the album in the late 1990s.
It was soon hailed as a lost folk classic and re-released several times.
Following her revived career, Perhacs returned to the studio to release her second album, The Soul of All Natural Things, in 2014, followed by her third, I’m a Harmony, in 2017.