Gordon Lightfoot Dead: 'Edmund Fitzgerald' Folk Singer Was 84
Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk laureate behind "Sundown" and "Edmund Fitzgerald" who gained pop fame in the '70s, died Monday evening in Toronto.
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Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk laureate behind "Sundown" and "Edmund Fitzgerald" who gained pop fame in the '70s, died Monday evening in Toronto.
Veteran Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has passed away
Tuesday May 2, 2023 - Veteran Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has died. He died on Monday evening, May 1, at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. The 84-year-old folk music and soft rock icon rose to international fame as a folk music star in the 1960s and ’70s. Lightfoot's death was confirmed by his longtime agent, Victoria Lord, but the…
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Gordon Lightfoot kept his humbled composure on Thursday night as a room of devoted fans toasted the Canadian folk legend at the premiere of 'Lightheaded,' an affectionate documentary about the community that's grown from decades of his music.