Three years ago today, one of Canada's greatest and most influential songwriters died in his home country at the age of 84.

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Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter known for so many hits, died on Monday at the age of 84. As USA TODAY wrote: "Considered one of the most renowned voices to emerge from Toronto’s ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As news spread May 1 of Canadian songwriting and singing legend Gordon Lightfoot’s death, realizing the full impact of his ...

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Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose graceful and literate songwriting made him one of the most respected folk-rooted musicians to emerge in the 1960s, died on Monday in a Toronto ...

Gordon Lightfoot, internationally known for songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind," "Sundown" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," and acclaimed as Canada's greatest songwriter, was born in ...

It feels like Gordon Lightfoot has always been with me. I mean, was there ever a time when “Old Dan’s Records,” “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown” and “Cotton Jenny” ...

Some people work for 50 years and decide just to take a load off. Well, Gordon Lightfoot will be busier than ever - 26-city tour to mark his 50th year writing and singing some of the most popular ...

Bidding is open on the 12-string acoustic guitar Gordon Lightfoot reportedly used to write the 1976 hit, as well as on a 1989 certificate naming him an honorary resident of Superior. This 1963 Gibson ...