Gordon Lightfoot's death at the age of 84 after six ... the Edmund Fitzgerald "the day it came out" and wearing out his own vinyl copies of Lightfoot records. Lightfoot was the "only touchstone ...

Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose enduring folk hits included “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Sundown,” died Monday, his spokesperson told CNN. He was 84.

Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who helped pave the way for the ’70s folk-rock sound, died of natural causes Monday evening at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. He was 84. His family ...

As news spread May 1 of Canadian songwriting and singing legend Gordon Lightfoot’s death, realizing the full impact of his artistry and the breadth of his catalog felt all the more jolting.

Canadian folk-rock icon Gordon Lightfoot has died at the age of 84. Lightfoot died at a Toronto hospital on Monday night of natural causes, according to his publicist. The singer-songwriter had ...

“If You Could Read My Mind” was Lightfoot’s signature songs. The melodic, melancholy folk-pop ballad peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970, and appeared on Gordon’s Sit Down ...

Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian balladeer whose songs of longing, loss and memory made him one of the 1970s’ most popular recording artists, with hits such as “If You Could Read My Mind,” about ...

Gordon Lightfoot has died at the age of 84, according to a statement released by his publicist. In honor of the passing of the man often referred to as Canada’s Poet Laureate, Decider is ...

By Rob Tannenbaum Bob Dylan once named Gordon Lightfoot one of his favorite songwriters, and called the musician “somebody of rare talent” while inducting him into the Canadian Music Hall of ...

Michiganders remembered Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian folk singer who died Monday at 84 and who told stories through song, one of the best known being "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," an ...

By William Grimes Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk singer whose rich, plaintive baritone and gift for melodic songwriting made him one of the most popular recording artists of the 1970s ...