Retired AP reporter helped cement the legend of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Associated Press reporter Harry Atkins was far from Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, “when the gales of November came early." ...

No chorus? No problem: The improbable story behind Gordon Lightfoot’s beloved hit ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’

And for that, we can thank Gordon Lightfoot. Recorded in December 1975 — mere weeks after the ship had sunk — and released ...