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Whocares · 01-07-2004, 07:18 PM

WOW that was neat!!! I was in high school when that song came out and I couldn't get it out of my mind. I looked it up everywhere but the story was just too recent to find much info on, and many people in my area (New England) didn't know if the story was true of if GL just made it up. Wrote to the Shipwreck Museum to get articles about it during 1989 explorations.
Now with the Net we can just read all about it, discuss the lyrics and then some!
One of the articles I have says the real
Edmund Fitzgerald, the insurance exec, was haunted by the wreck until his death in 1986
(age 90) and his family tried to keep him from ever hearing the song. There is a book out now by his son, called "the ship and the man".
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01-07-2004, 07:18 PM	#29
Whocares Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: GA Posts: 23	WOW that was neat!!! I was in high school when that song came out and I couldn't get it out of my mind. I looked it up everywhere but the story was just too recent to find much info on, and many people in my area (New England) didn't know if the story was true of if GL just made it up. Wrote to the Shipwreck Museum to get articles about it during 1989 explorations. Now with the Net we can just read all about it, discuss the lyrics and then some! One of the articles I have says the real Edmund Fitzgerald, the insurance exec, was haunted by the wreck until his death in 1986 (age 90) and his family tried to keep him from ever hearing the song. There is a book out now by his son, called "the ship and the man". ________ Mazda rx-7 specifications Last edited by Whocares; 02-21-2011 at 09:15 PM.