Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gordon-lightfoot-dead-1.6828991

Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot, whose evocative and poetic songs are etched into the musical landscape of Canada, has died at the age of 84, according to his longtime publicist Victoria Lord.

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It's been a bad week for Canadian legends...

 

[KMAL]

"Daylight Katy" was the sound track to the start of my working life. Always on the early morning radio just before I ran out the door to catch the bus.

 

[Biggles]

He had a rich voice but alas only a few minor hits here in the UK.

That is despite the massive airplay that “If you could read my mind” and “Sundown” had.

RIP Gordon