Linda Perhacs has been missing for about eight months, according to friends and longtime collaborators who say the 82-year-old singer-songwriter has not been heard from directly since leaving a residential care facility. The case has moved beyond private concern: Adult Protective Services and police have both been drawn in.
Mark McNeill took the worry public on Instagram, writing: "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… Please help us locate Linda to ensure her wellbeing." That post turned a behind-the-scenes worry into a public search, with friends now trying to establish where she is and whether she is safe.
Perhacs and 1970
Perhacs is not a obscure local name. She released Parallelograms in 1970, then The Soul of All Natural Things in 2014 and I'm a Harmony in 2017, building a catalogue that has kept her name in circulation long after the first wave of her career.
That history is part of why the current silence drew attention quickly. Friends say the concern is not about a missed appearance or a delayed reply; it is about an extended break in direct contact after a discharge that happened under the supervision of her legal guardian.
Adult Protective Services and police
The family-style search has already become a formal one. Friends say repeated attempts to reach Perhacs and her guardian have gone unanswered, and the situation prompted an Adult Protective Services case and a police report.
One statement shared with Digital said, "Concern is growing among friends, collaborators, and members of the music community regarding the well-being and current whereabouts of acclaimed singer-songwriter Linda Perhacs," and added that she "was discharged from a residential care facility approximately eight months ago under the supervision of her legal guardian. Since that time, numerous friends and longtime collaborators report they have been unable to establish direct contact with her. Repeated attempts to communicate with her guardian have also, they say, gone unanswered."
Instagram search
Mark McNeill’s post matters because it shows the search has moved from private phone calls to a public appeal. That is the practical next step when friends say they cannot get a response through ordinary channels and need anyone with current information to help bridge the gap.
Linda Perhacs, who performed live at the Way Over Yonder Festival at the Santa Monica Pier on September 27, 2014, now sits at the center of a welfare check, not a nostalgia piece. The open question is simple: where is she now, and what have authorities determined about her care?
