He Canadian musician Gordon Lightfootconsidered by specialized critics as one of the folk legends of his country and of the world, He died this week at the age of 84.in a Toronto hospital, according to his publicist.

justin April, Lightfoot has canceled concerts scheduled for 2023 due to health concernsalthough he did not provide further details about his situation.

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Artists like Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Neil YoungBarbra Streisand, Eric Clapton, Olivia Newton-John and Jerry Lee Lewis performed some of the more than 500 songs that the artist composed.

In Canada, Lightfoot is considered one of the artists who best personified the essence of the country. through its songs, from its climate to its landscape, including its inhabitants.

Following the announcement of his death, the Canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau said on Twitter that Canada “lost one of its greatest singer-songwriters“.

“Gordon Lightfoot has captured the spirit of our country in his music, helping to shape Canada’s soundscape. May his music continue to inspire future generations and may his legacy endure forever.“, added the president.

light foot posted their debut album, simply titled Light foot!in 1966 after working in the United States and the UK and win reputation as a songwriter.

The album, which earned him recognition, both in Canada and the United Statescontains some of his most popular songs, including “To Love Me” & “Morning Rain”which has been performed by Presley and Dylan, among others.

Bob Dylan, who was a friend of the Canadian artist for nearly 60 years, went so far as to say of Lightfoot: “Every time I hear one of his songs, it’s like I wish it would last forever.“.

After the publication of his first album, Lightfoot toured several times in Canada, the United States and Australia, at the same time as he published new albums with very diverse themes, among which Don quichotte (1972), his eighth disc production, in reference to the character of the writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

In the 1980s, after years of alcohol abuse and being convicted of drunk driving, Gordon Lightfoot changed his lifestyle and reinvigorated his career with the album Good morning (1983).

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Her last album, the twenty-first of his career, was Beginnings, and was released in 2021.