TOM: Mike tell me about the Chanie Wenjack Gord Downie fund? 'We are less as a country': Politicians pay tribute to Gord Downie.Gord Downie remembered by fans, Canadians far and wide.You know it's not an easy situation to come out in this particular time to speak about this publicly, but we'd be remiss if we didn't take advantage of the attention that he's getting to do some actual work, to actually put it into something. PATRICK: Well really, you know, it's obviously really fresh and our whole family is feeling pretty tender at this point. But it's not too much unlike that last show in Kingston, where Gord sort of suddenly realized he had this huge audience and he could say something and actually take advantage of the attention and put it to work. But it's a little bit more fun when you can share it with somebody who was there. I've got a pretty good memory I'm gonna hang on to all of it. We went to a couple of those places over the last six months or so, like almost recreating, blow by blow, something that happened. Gord Downie's brothers, Patrick, left, and Mike, right, speak to the q host Tom Power about coping with the loss of their brother and how they hope to continue his legacy. And I think that's what I'm gonna miss because I really like going to those places. Or maybe just something that only two of you experienced. There was a lot of things that happened in those childhood days and I always got such a thrill out of … just going back and forth on it. Could have been almost anything, high school dance or somebody's girlfriend or something, you know, that just was a part of the family lore. What personally I'm really gonna miss is having him as a witness to a big chunk of my life. MIKE: Anything I'd say to Gord? You know, I guess what comes along with battling an illness for that amount of time, you get opportunities to, you know, to have the conversations. TOM: Mike is there anything you'd say to him right now? Tragically Hip's Gord Downie dead at 53.Gord Downie's family hoping to have public memorial event.That season, Gord got 15 shut-outs and they won the Centre 70 minor hockey championship. Then it kind of dawned on me: this is a good thing. And we've been playing road hockey you know like on the ice pads up and down the street for years and all of a sudden we've got a full set of goalie equipment. So the next September comes, and I'll never forget, he comes home from the first practice with those brand new pads, because they supply the equipment. But so anyway, so I laughed, and I'm like this'll be interesting. MIKE: Not that first year … He became a better skater, don't get me wrong. PATRICK: Did you say he wasn't a great skater? He was a lanky guy, right, you know he was young. And I remember a conversation along the lines of, 'Hey, don't blame the goalie.' Gord is like, 'Next year I'm gonna be the goalie.' And I laughed and I laughed. The goalie let them down, right? And they had this team and they'd had a great season and they lost the final game. Gord was a defenceman. So anyway they lost the game, and Gord … he's pissed off. Gord was in his first year of minor hockey … and we were coming home at the end of a season - last game. Gord's team was in the finals. TOM: Can you give me a story about childhood Gord? Patrick Downie and Mike Downie share some of their fondest memories of their brother, their plans to carry on his legacy, and what it's been like to witness an outpouring of grief from Canadians. Gord Downie's brothers sat down with the q's Tom Power for an intimate interview following the Tragically Hip singer's passing earlier this week.
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