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“Thank you,” Downie told the crowd, “for keeping me pushing, and keeping me pushing."ĭownie was born in Kingston and grew up in nearby Amherstview playing hockey and music.Īt Queen's University, Downie's alma mater, flags were lowered to half-mast following news of his death. 20 in Kingston, Ont., where it all started. In the summer of 2016, The Tragically Hip – which also includes Paul Langlois, Rob Baker, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay – embarked on a cross-Canada tour “for Good, and for all of us.” Their last show with Downie was Aug. It’s given me this long kind of way to do some of these things that I’ve always wanted to do. "If it has to be terminal… I didn’t get hit by a train. “I think I got lucky," Downie told Peter Mansbridge in October 2016. The acclaimed singer-songwriter revealed his terminal diagnosis of glioblastoma in May 2016 – a diagnosis that came five months after he suffered a seizure. With Gord Downie's passing a piece of Canada has died.” Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne tweeted: “I think I speak for all people in Ontario in saying we are heartbroken. "We all knew it was coming but we hoped it wasn’t. "We are less of a country without Gordon Downie," he said.

"Rest in peace my friend." Later, in front of reporters, Trudeau was moved to tears. "There will never be another one like you, Gord," he tweeted. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among those paying tribute to Downie.

"Gord knew this day was coming – his response was to spend this precious time as he always had – making music, making memories, and expressing deep gratitude to his family and friends for a life well lived, often sealing it with a kiss. "Last night Gord quietly passed away with his beloved children and family close by," read a statement from the Downie family. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Republic of, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, South, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, US Protectorates, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.Gord Downie, lead singer of Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, died Tuesday night after a battle with brain cancer.