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Originally Posted by Jack Hardin
I heard on the news when he was diagnosed with brain cancer and, I thought, "Must be some unknown rock singer from down east". Then, when he died, the event seemed to be bigger than when Elvis or the last Pope died. We have the PM almost in tears when talking about it, it's on the news continually, and they are saying all of Canada is in mourning and that he should have a state funeral.
Now I have lived in Canada for 75 years, been to every province and resided in Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and if you said who is Gord Downie? My answer would have to be, "Never heard of him".
Not to be disrespectful but, maybe it's just not my generation.
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Same here. Its a shame, he ment so much to so many people and i imagine they are grevieing. But i could not pick him from a line up. Personally a state funeral is reserved for people of a churchill level or for a more canadian case terry fox. Great singer but not a world changer. With saying that my condolances to anyone greiving