Canadian folk and country singer Gordon Lightfoot has died. He died peacefully on Monday evening at the age of 84 in a hospital in the Canadian metropolis of Toronto, it said in a post on his Facebook page. Lightfoot is survived by his wife, six children and several grandchildren. A spokeswoman confirmed the singer's death to several Canadian and U.S. media.
Lightfoot's best-known songs include "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Summer Side Of Life" (1971), "Don Quixote" (1972), "Summertime Dream" (1976), "Shadows" (1982) and "Salute" (1983). His classics have been played by famous colleagues such as Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Neil Young, Barbra Streisand, Eric Clapton and Paul Weller.
"We have lost one of our greatest singer-songwriters," Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on Twitter. "Gordon Lightfoot captured the spirit of our country with his music - and thus helped shape the soundscape of Canada."
Read an article from the pop anthology of Gordon Lightfoot's songs "If You Could Read My Mind" and "Shadows" here.