In spring of 2016, Canadian music fans awoke to the news that Gord Downie, singer and lyricist extraordinaire for the band The Tragically Hip had incurable, inoperable brain cancer.
Gord passed away last night at the way too young age of 53. At least he had a productive final year, with the band getting in one final tour and Gord producing a final solo album with accompanying graphic novel in support of residential school survivors (indigenous children forcibly removed from their families and communities to be educated in schools where abuse was rampant).
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