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'I'm Gordon Lightfoot, and the rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated,' he proclaimed to an exuberant Halifax audience in 2014, and as the ...

'I'm Gordon Lightfoot, and the rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated,' he proclaimed to an exuberant Halifax audience in 2014, and as the tributes pour in following his actual death, there was another quote from the Canadian folk-music icon that resonates, considering how much he gave all of us over the yearsGordon Lightfoot on stage at the Metro Centre in Halifax on April 30, 2014. - Ted Pritchard / FileHALIFAX, N.S.

Today, I'm sure there's a lot of Gordon Lightfoot on the radio since almost everyone I know in the music business has posted about him. This time it wasn’t a rumour that had spilled misinformation along the carefree information superhighway — it was an official announcement from the Orillia, Ont.,-born singer-songwriter’s longtime publicist.The 84-year-old recently cancelled all his North American tour dates because of unspecified health issues.

Gordon Lightfoot performs during the first concert at the newly reopened Massey Hall in Toronto on Nov. 25, 2021. - Cole Burston

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