![]() “I never knew Chanie, the child his teachers misnamed Charlie, but I will always love him,” wrote Downie in a statement about his project. Thursday’s CBC interview was meant to promote Downie’s Secret Path, which is a solo album, graphic novel and film dedicated to 12-year-old Ojibway boy Chanie (Charlie) Wenjack, who died from hunger and exposure trying to escape from a residential school near Kenora, Ont. It’s like, wow. Passed out and to the hospital. In search of a reference from one of the many songs Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip penned over the years, I finally settled on: It’s a good life if you don’t weaken. We’d gone to Kingston and spent six days, months, helping get our dad ‘to the door.’ And the next day, we’re walking home, my mom and my sisters and my brothers, from lunch in Kingston. Farewell to virtual friend, activist, lyricist, poet and Canadian conscience, Gord Downie. I’m grateful. It’s so strange how things happen. It’s giving 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, then I got a good … I didn’t get hit by a train. “I think I got lucky with this,” he said. But I have beautiful friends … I’ve been so lucky, living here in Toronto, being in the business I’m in. I am learning how to do it, because I’ve never done it before. Members of The Tragically Hip, from left: Gord Sinclair, Paul Langlois, Gord Downie, Johnny Fay and Rob Baker will be performing. I say that on purpose - ‘I’m doing good!’ - because I am,” he continued. “I really am, and because I can see it and feel it doing some … not doing some good, but it’s creating, it’s creating something.” ![]() He was the lead singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. “I am resigned to the direction this is heading, yes I am,” said the 52-year-old Downie. A Perfect Time For Courage (Eulogy for Gordon Downie, Canadian Angel) Almost a week has past. Canadian rock musician, writer and occasional actor. READ MORE: #GordDowniesCanada: Beautiful pictures of Canada trend for Tragically Hip singer ![]() In an interview with the CBC, The Tragically Hip lead singer was candid about his prognosis and how he feels, his upcoming Secret Path project and his desire to start a dialogue about indigenous issues in Canada. Gord Downie has opened up about his terminal brain cancer for the first time, saying he’s “resigned” to his fate. Gordon Edgar Downie was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. ![]()
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