50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star'... NPR

50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior

NPR November 06, 2025

Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.

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