He passed away in October 2017 following a battle with glioblastoma. He and the band seem to have a long standing association with the Trailer Park Boys. Gord Downie was the lead singer of the Canadian band, The Tragically Hip.
Gord was my friend, but Gord was everyone’s friend, it’s who we were, our buddy Gord, who loved this country with everything he had.”“He loved every hidden corner, every story, every aspect of this country that he celebrated his whole life.”“We are less as a country without Gord Downie in it.”Gord Downie, who made himself part of Canada's national identity with songs about hockey and small towns as lead singer and songwriter of iconic rock band The Tragically Hip, has died at age 53 after a battle with brain cancer.A statement on the band's website said he died Tuesday night "with his beloved children and family close by." The statement did not give a cause of death, though he had been diagnosed earlier with brain cancer.Since The Tragically Hip's first album in 1987, the band has provided a soundtrack for the lives of many Canadians. Chanie, misnamed Charlie by his teachers, was a young boy who died on Octo.Secret Path is a ten song album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie Wenjack, a twelve year-old boy who died.“We lost one of the very best of us this morning. Contact GARY O’BRIEN FINE ART - Canadian Oil Painting ArtistJustin Trudeau, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, in tears he did not wipe away, remembered Gord Wednesday morning.Secret Path is a ten song album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie Charlie Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago. Please inquire for international shipping. Gord Downie Art Prints and Oil Paintings on Canvas Shipping across all the major Canadian & US Cities.
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