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Gordon Lightfoot
Composer, Actor
Born November 17, 1938Died May 1, 2023 (84 years)
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."
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Filmography
| 2022 | Lightheaded · as Himself |
| 2021 | Anne Murray: Full Circle · as Self |
| 2019 | Rolling Thunder Revue · as Self |
| 2019 | |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2005 | Live 8 · as Self |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Greatest Canadian (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Canadian Idol (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1996 | Life and Times (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Tears Are Not Enough · as Self |
| 1983 | Thicke of the Night (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | The Alan Thicke Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | The 19th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1969 | The Music Scene (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1969 | The Johnny Cash Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | W5 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Telescope (TV Series) · as Self |