Gord Downie, singer for Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip, dies at 53
by August Brown, Los Angeles Times
Oct 18, 2017
2 minutes
Gord Downie, the singer for the Tragically Hip and one of Canada's most beloved rock musicians, died Tuesday night, according to an official statement from the band. He was 53.
Downie had been previously diagnosed with glioblastoma, an incurable brain cancer. The disease was discovered after a 2015 seizure.
The band, one of the most popular and defining Canadian groups of the
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