It could have been the lifetime of kick butt rock and roll records.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoXM95WyJjM

It could have been his Secret Path album that brought the horrible history of residential schools to light.

It could have been when the Assembly of First Nations honoring him for his RECONCILIATION EFFORTS.

Or it could have been the fact he toured the whole damn country while suffering from terminal brain cancer.

 

It was probably a little of everything that made the Canadian Press name Gord Downie as News Maker of the year.

-E