This past Monday, Canada and the world lost a music icon in Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot.
Lightfoot passed away at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital of natural causes. He was 84.
His management recently announced he had cancelled upcoming engagements due to his health.
His music was known in Canada, the U.S. and the world over for hits such as ‘If You Could Read My Mind’, ‘Beautiful’, ‘Sundown’ and many more.
Over the years whenever I listened to a Lightfoot song it made me proud to be Canadian, a feeling I’m sure is shared right across the country.
Thank you for the great songs, lyrics and musicianship!
RIP Gordon Lightfoot.