Author Topic: RIP Gord Downie, 53  (Read 2279 times)

urth

  • Moderator
  • Transcendent Typist
  • *****
  • Posts: 15274
    • View Profile
RIP Gord Downie, 53
« on: October 22, 2017, 01:18:59 PM »
The frontman of the Tragically Hip, who was a hugely popular troubadour with a stature rivalling Dylan or Springsteen in Canadian music while being barely known in the US, died of brain cancer. His final album comes out this week.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/arts/music/gord-downie-tragically-hip-dead-final-album.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/18/entertainment/gord-downie-dead/index.html
Let's get right to it.