# Stompin' Tom Connors RIP

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 7, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stompin-tom-connors-rip/652258 "2013-03-07T02:52:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stompin-tom-connors-rip/652258/1 "2013-03-07T02:52:17Z")

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Although few outside Canada may know about Stompin’ Tom Connors, in Canada he was a cultural icon. [Today he passed away.](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/03/06/stompin-tom-obit.html) In tribute, his most [famous song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmimLBSTEUw)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stompin-tom-connors-rip/652258/2 "2013-03-07T03:07:34Z")

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Sad news. I love [_Gumboot Cloggeroo_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpNfmuplN_0), and I always listen to [_Canada Day_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFOPZX3U7CQ) on July 1st.

(Another Canadian singer, Oscar Brand, is still with us at 93.)

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**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stompin-tom-connors-rip/652258/3 "2013-03-07T04:53:10Z")

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I will be getting stinko in his memory tonight. Heaven just got a lot more Canadian. Goodnight Tommy, Stomp In Peace.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stompin-tom-connors-rip/652258/4 "2013-03-07T06:11:16Z")

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I saw him perform some years ago. It was a great show!

I’ve also spent a Saturday night in Sudbury, with a whole bunch of people whom I can guarantee were not thinking of INCO.

Thanks, Tom. You’ll be missed.