The iconic American singer received a kidney transplant from her brother Bill, who donated the organ, in 2009.
Susan Jacks's professional career began when she was 15 years old.
She was voted the best new country artist in Oklahoma for her song "Tall Dark Stranger".
On June 27, 2010, Jacks was inducted into the British Columbia Entertainment Hall of Fame.
Her album Dream, which was originally released in 1976 but was unexpectedly pulled from the market, was re-released in 2015.
She was invited to be a regular musician on Music Hop, a national Canadian television series.
She recorded her first singles with two other well known Vancouver performers, Howie Vickers and Tom Northcott, under the name of "The Eternal Triangle".
In 2016, the singer was hospitalized due to potentially fatal kidney problems. She recovered completely and returned to the studio in 2018 to record a new album.
When her husband was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2004, she moved to Canada, where he died on October 24, 2005.