Coverage dated October 31, 2025

'The legend lives on': Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later

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November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes. The Fitzgerald is remembered while others are forgotten, thanks in large part to Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 haunting folk ball…

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  1. Kokomo Tribune

    'The legend lives on': Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later | Nation/World News (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great

  2. WDIO Duluth

    'The legend lives on': Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes. The Fitzgerald is remembered while others are forgotten, thanks in large part to Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 haunting folk ball…

  3. WFMZ Allentown

    'The legend lives on': Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later | Associated Press (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won’t be long before there’s some reminder of what happened “when the gales of November

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