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Folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot died at a Toronto hospital on Monday at the age of 84, his representative has said. His cause of death has not been released.
The Canadian musician became famous in the 1960s and 1970s with hits like 'Early Morning Rain' and 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,' which told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported worldwide.
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, including 'Carefree Highway' and 'Sundown.'
Once called a 'rare talent' by Bob Dylan, dozens of artists have covered his work, including Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash, Anne Murray, Jane's Addiction and Sarah McLachlan.
R.I.P Gordon, one of my favourite folk singers
The Canadian musician became famous in the 1960s and 1970s with hits like 'Early Morning Rain' and 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,' which told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported worldwide.
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, including 'Carefree Highway' and 'Sundown.'
Once called a 'rare talent' by Bob Dylan, dozens of artists have covered his work, including Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash, Anne Murray, Jane's Addiction and Sarah McLachlan.
R.I.P Gordon, one of my favourite folk singers
