Gordon Lightfoot

Birthday: 11/17/1938
Deathday: 5/1/2023
Place of birth: Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Gord Lightfoot, Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt, Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.

Biography

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned musical artists. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings said, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness." Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Lightfoot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.