The ore vessel Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm in November 1975.
November 01, 1975
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Maritime disaster involving a Great Lakes ore carrier.
All 29 men aboard the ore vessel Edmund Fitzgerald died when the ship sank in November 1975.
November 01, 1975
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Fatality count from the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking.
Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot memorialized the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in the ballad 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'.
November 01, 1975
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Cultural response to the Edmund Fitzgerald disaster.