Condolences and tributes streamed in Tuesday following the death of Canadian icon Gordon Lightfoot.
Lightfoot’s family confirmed that the musician died of natural causes at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on Monday evening. He was 84.
“I remember spending a little time with him a few years ago when he was playing for Canada's on Parliament Hill, and was touched by his thoughtful grace and generosity,” Trudeau said. “It was really sad news to wake up to this morning.
Rock singer Tom Cochrane, who has twice honoured the “If You Could Read My Mind” and "Sundown" singer-songwriter for his musical contributions — including when he inducted Lightfoot into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003 —posted on social media his thanks to Lightfoot “for helping to define us.”that he was “lucky enough to say Gordon was my friend,” and that “the world is a lesser place without him.
“It was poetry, folklore, legend and music,” he wrote. “I knew him a long time and he was a wonderful person.”
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