Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has died at the age of 84. The news was confirmed by a short statement on his official Facebook page, which simply read, "Gordon Lightfoot passed away this evening in a Toronto hospital at 7:30 p.m. More info to come."
Lightfoot was born on November 17, 1938, in Orillia, Ontario, and started a long career in music performing on local radio shows and in singing competitions. A gifted pianist, drummer and guitarist, he studied composition and orchestration at the Westlake College of Music in Los Angeles before returning to Canada, where he became part of the same Toronto folk circuit that launched the careers of Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Leonard Cohen.
