Singer Gordon Lightfoot Dies at 84

Fans of beloved folk singer, songwriter, 🎤Gordon Lightfoot, 84, mourn his death today.

According to Fox News Digital, “Representative Victoria Lord confirmed that Lightfoot died at a Toronto hospital early Tuesday morning, but did not elaborate on his cause of death.”

Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, paid tribute to Lightfoot, often referred to as one of 🇨🇦Canada’s greatest songwriters, on Twitter:

Lightfoot composed over 200 songs, many made famous by artists such as Bob Dylan and Barbara Streisand. Even Elvis recorded one of his songs, “Early Morning Rain.”

Some of Lightfoot’s most famous ballads were “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” based on the true story of a freighter sinking on Lake Superior and “If You Could Read My Mind,” a wistful song of a troubled marriage. Also popular are “Carefree Highway,” about life on the road, and “Rainy Day People,” about loyalty in life and in love.

Tributes are flooding Twitter with remembrances of the musician whose style was legendary for it’s gentle storytelling, as well as his references to trains, rivers, highways, lost love, and loneliness.