In a recent interview with the Associated Press, former reporter Harry Atkins recounts his experience covering the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the most infamous in all Great Lakes history, as family members and maritime history followers honor the 50th anniversary of the disaster.

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.

Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.

Hitmaking record producer Richard Perry has died at 82.

Nashville music executive Jerry Bradley, who signed Alabama and Ronnie Milsap and helped brand the outlaws style of country music during a 40-year career, has died.

Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte and scored four of his son Spike’s early films, has died.

Folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has died.

If you’re driving in your car a lot today, don’t be surprised if you hear more Gordon Lightfoot than usual.