Across Canada, tributes pour in following news of Gord Downie’s death

Tributes poured in Wednesday for Gord Downie, the frontman for the Canadian band The Tragically Hip who was considered a national treasure. Downie died Tuesday at age 53. Downie, dubbed Canada’s unofficial unofficial poet laureate, had glioblastoma, an incurable form of brain cancer. He died with his children and family close by, according to a statement from his family “Gord […]

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