Personal lifeAnne married Bill Langstroth in the 1975 and gave birth to two children, William (a computer programmer for the Government of Ontario) and Dawn (a singer-songwriter).
In recent years, she has faced many personal challenges: her departure from Capitol Records after some 25 years; the apparent suicide of the author of her first hit Snowbird Gene MacLellan; the death of her beloved manager Leonard T. Rambeau of cancer; her separation and divorce from her husband; her daughter's battle with anorexia (they reluctantly did the US talk-show circuit to raise awareness); and most recently, the loss of her best friend to cancer (she recorded her album All of Me as a tribute to her). She has overcome all of these obstacles, and emerged in 1999 with her best-selling album in 20 years What a Wonderful World – and has followed up with three subsequent albums.
Anne has always kept strong ties to her hometown, Springhill, Nova Scotia, located about an hour south of Moncton, New Brunswick and one and a half hours north of Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has a museum there which houses her memorabilia and employs local people. She has been instrumental in the construction of the local arena, and has been a spokeswoman for many charities.
She was a celebrity corporate spokeswoman for The Bay. Celine Dion was also a spokesperson at the same time. Murray also sang the company jingle for the CIBC bank.
Her mother, the former Marion Burke, died April 10, 2006.
In October 2007, Murray was invited to perform on the Howard Stern Show on an on-air birthday party for comedian and Murray admirer Artie Lange. Her management declined the invitation.[
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