Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter, dead at 84
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By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose enduring folk hits included “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Sundown,” died Monday, his spokesperson told CNN. He was 84. Lightfoot died of natural causes at 7:30 p.m.
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By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose enduring folk hits included “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Sundown,” died Monday, his spokesperson told CNN. He was 84. Lightfoot died of natural causes at 7:30 p.m.
Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter whose hits include “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” has died at age 84.
Folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has died. He was one of the most renowned voices to come from Toronto’s Yorkville folk club scene in the 1960s. He penned hundreds of songs,
Gordon Lightfoot, Canada's legendary folk singer-songwriter whose hits including "Early Morning Rain" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported worldwide, died on Monday. He was 84.
With hits like ‘Sundown’ and ‘If You Could Read My Mind,’ the Canadian singer-songwriter, who died Monday, helped start a folk-pop movement in the early 1970s.
One of the most renowned voices to emerge from Toronto’s Yorkville folk club scene in the 1960s, Lightfoot recorded 20 studio albums and penned hundreds of songs, including “Carefree Highway," “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
While we were out at the Dakota last night taking in British folk giant Richard Thompson came the news that the singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot had died at the age of 84. He was a proud Canadian, b...
Most of his songs are deeply autobiographical with lyrics that probe his own experiences in a frank manner and explore issues surrounding the Canadian national identity.
UPDATED with Canada Prime Minister statement: Gordon Lightfoot, the honey-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who had giant U.S. hits with “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown̶…
Legendary Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who gained major pop music success in the United States during the 1970s with the songs "Sundown" and "Carefree Highway" has died. He was 84 years old.
Legendary Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot died in a Toronto hospital Monday at the age of 84. The cause of his death was not publicly declared
His 1970s hits, including "Sundown," "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "If You Could Read My Mind," were fixtures of baby boomers' coming-of-age soundtrack.
His rich baritone and gift for melodies made him one of the most popular artists of the 1970s with songs like “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “If You Could Read My Mind.”
Born in Ontario, Canada, Lightfoot had many hits including “Early Morning Rain,” “Sundown,” “Ribbon of Darkness,” “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Rainy Day People.”
Considered one of the most renowned voices to emerge from Toronto’s Yorkville folk club scene in the 1960s, Lightfoot went on to record 20 studio albums and pen hundreds of songs.
Lightfoot's six-decade career began in the early 1960s on the Toronto folk circuit and went worldwide in the 1970s thanks to a string of influential hits.
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