Canada’s unofficial poet laureate is dying. He’s giving one last concert before he goes.

If you have Canadian friends, don’t try to reach them tonight. Because there’s a very good chance they will be huddled around their TVs, celebrating the extraordinary force that is Gord Downie. He is a man, and a musician. But in Canada, he is much more. He is nothing short of the unofficial poet laureate. […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/08/20/canadas-unofficial-poet-laureate-is-dying-hes-giving-one-last-concert-before-he-goes/