Today marks the 27th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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The Edmund Fitzgerald, a Great Lakes ore carrier, is shown in a photo on the Detroit River near Detroit. The ship took on water and snapped in two during a storm on Nov. 10, 1975, on Lake Superior, plunging 556 feet to the lake bottom with its crew of 29 men. The 27th anniverary of the disappearance of the ship is being marked by a ringing of the bells at the waterfront Mariner's Church. (AP Photo/Burt Emanulle)
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Now, that's not a Toronto story except for the fact that Canadian music legend, Gordon Lightfoot, who wrote
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, makes his home here. He's in the hospital now, recovering from a sudden health failure. Get well, Gordie.
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From the Globe & Mail - Saturday, November 9
Lightfoot improving in hospital
Hamilton — Singer Gordon Lightfoot is out of intensive care at McMaster Medical Centre and he's getting healthier.
"He continues to progress really well. Everyone's very encouraged by the progress he's making," Hamilton Health Science spokesman Jeff Vallentin said Friday.
Mr. Lightfoot was rushed to McMaster on Sept. 8 with internal bleeding from a rare weakness in an abdominal blood vessel.
The 63-year-old folk musician, who wrote the songs Sundown and If You Could Read My Mind, underwent several complicated surgeries.
Family and friends have been supporting Mr. Lightfoot at his bedside since he fell ill.
Only two weeks ago, the folksinger's manager Barry Harvey reported that Mr. Lightfoot wasn't always conscious.
The family has asked that details about the singer-songwriter's condition remain private.
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