Tag: Lightfoot
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Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot, known for ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’, dies at 84 – Chicago Tribune
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TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter whose hits including “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported worldwide, died on Monday. He was 84. Representative Victoria Lord said the musician died at a Toronto hospital. His cause of death was not immediately…
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Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter, dies at 84
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Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose graceful and literate songwriting made him one of the most respected folk-rooted musicians to emerge in the 1960s, died on Monday in a Toronto hospital. He was 84. His publicist, Victoria Lord, confirmed his death to The Times. A cause of death was not given. Lightfoot had recently canceled…
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Chicago Bears’ land deal comes 2 weeks before mayor’s election; could a team move wound Lightfoot? – Chicago Tribune
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With less than two weeks to go before Chicago’s election, Mayor Lori Lightfoot isn’t laughing at the Bears anymore. Her first reaction to the team’s interest in Arlington Heights was to mock the NFL franchise and encourage its leaders to “focus on putting a winning team on the field, beating the Packers finally and being…