Trudeau said he was wishing all week that he was in Rio for the Games, 'but tonight I'm glad I'm in Kingston instead.' As we left, realized it was Gord Downie.PM and Gord before the show #manmachinepoemtour #tragicallyhip /GAKygevYVz- he waited for the band to take the stage in the Rogers K-Rock Centre, Trudeau spoke briefly with the CBC's Ron MacLean, who is still in Rio for the Olympics, about The Tragically Hip. Where you going, who you gonna see, what will be best. My 5-year-old had a long, long casual chat with guy in a hat next to us. Was at an airport with my kids while ago. Journalist Steve Ladurantaye shared this story: It gives me zero pleasure to hit 'publish' today. And in his final act, esp., he tried so hard to do right.

Gord Downie wasn't 'my' rock star, but he was ours. Thoughts from one of Canada’s best music critics: Gord would want you to be good to someone today. Thank you for the music, kindness and perseverance. Thank you for inspiring so many w/ a life well-lived. Husband, father, poet, activist, icon & fearless performer, Gord Downie, has passed. Here’s one from a band that wrote the lyric, “This campfire won’t last forever, the Hip have only wrote so many songs”: nkJ1Uu6yxdĪrtist Jeff Lemire, who illustrated Downie’s graphic novel, Secret Path:

Another brilliant, wonderful soul is gone. It’s been a tough week for Bubbles, after the death of Trailer Park Boys’ John Dunsworth: With Gord Downie's passing a piece of Canada has died. I think I speak for all people in Ontario in saying we are heartbroken. 00DdU6IVZnĪs well as another ultra-Canadian personality: Few Canadians touched this country like Gord Downie. Given Gord’s love for hockey, no surprise one of the greats chimed in: While a number of Canadian celebrities decided less was more: His diagnosis was heartbreaking but he faced illness with courage and a commitment to continue doing what he loved. His music is an essential part of the soundtrack of Canada. Gord Downie was an inspiration to us all. John Tory made good use of his extra Twitter characters: That's the lesson to take from Gord Downie's remarkable last year. Never waste a single minute on this Earth. Gerald Butts, Trudeau’s right-hand man and concert buddy at the final Hip show, shared some thoughts, too: “The Tragically Hip’s music invited us to explore places we had never been-from Mistaken Point to Churchill-and helped us understand each other, while capturing the complexity and vastness of the place we call home,” he wrote:įull statement on the death of the Tragically Hip's Gord Downie: The PM also posted a more formal statement online. Prime Minister is crying as he speaks about the death of Gord Downie.

Justin Trudeau teared up talking about Gord and his legacy: Here’s how some notable Hip fans said goodbye. So, when Canada discovered this morning that Downie had died, the country was gutted. He was a performer unlike any other, an inspiration to a generation of musicians, and a poet whose words and music captured what it meant to be Canadian.

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