Canadian singer and songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot, has died. According to Victoria Lord, his spokesperson, the singer whose enduring folk hits included “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Sundown,” died of natural causes at 7:30 p.m. at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, spokesperson Victoria Lord said.
His death came less than a month after he cancelled his 2023 US and Canada concert scheduled to stop on April 11. A Facebook post revealed that the cancellation was due to “health-related issues.”
Lightfoot recorded success on the US pop charts in 1970 with the song “If You Could Read My Mind.” Also, that track earned him his second of four Grammy nominations, that one for best male pop vocal performance.
While describing him in a recent tweet, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described him as “one of our greatest singer-songwriters.”
Trudeau tweeted: “Gordon Lightfoot captured our country’s spirit in his music – and in doing so, he helped shape Canada’s soundscape. May his music continue to inspire future generations, and may his legacy live on forever.”
He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986 and won 13 JUNO Awards (out of a total 29 nominations) presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
He was bestowed one of Canada’s highest civilian honors, the Companion of the Order of Canada.
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