"No one worked harder on every part of their life than Gord. No one," Gord Downie's family said in a statement announcing his death Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE.

Gord Downie, lead singer and lyricist of the Tragically Hip, has died after a battle with brain cancer. He was Canada's unofficial poet laureate. CBC News offers an interactive road trip of the ...

Terry Fox and The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie. The spirits of two inspiring Canadians who left the planet far too soon due to cancer have powerfully joined forces in a new short film ...