Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies aged 84

Considered one of the most renowned voices to emerge from Toronto’s Yorkville folk club scene in the 1960s, Lightfoot went on to record 20 studio albums and pen hundreds of songs

Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter has died at the age of 84 (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press/AP)

Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter has died at the age of 84.

The musician’s hits, which included Early Morning Rain and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported worldwide.