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For many, Lightfoot’s songs took on a personal meaning and reflected important moments in their lives

Sault Star reporter Brian Kelly reminisces on seeing Gordon Lightfoot nearly 20 times over 35 years

A Canadian singer-songwriter legend is being remembered today. The tributes for Gordon Lightfoot are pouring i...

Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk and country icon, has died. The news was confirmed by Lightfoot’s publicist, Victoria Lord, and first reported by CBC. Known as one of Canada’s greatest songwriters, Gordon Lightfoot climbed the US charts with hits such as 1970’s “If You Could Read My Mind,” 1974’s “Sundown” and “Carefree Highway,” 1975’s “Rainy Day People,” and 1976’s “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald....

Some facts about Gordon Lightfoot, the folk singing legend who died Monday night at age 84. Born: Nov. 17, 1938, Orillia, Ont.

Canadians find themselves mulling over those lyrics following Monday’s passing of legendary Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot.

Gordon Lightfoot, one of Canada's greatest songwriters and an internationally-admired artist for decades, has died at the age of 84.

Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter behind "If You Could Read My Mind," "Sundown" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," has died at 84.

A Canadian singer-songwriter legend is being remembered today. The tributes for Gordon Lightfoot are pouring i...

Tributes were swift and passionate, coming from people from all walks of life that had been deeply touched by Lightfoot’s music.