(*84*) Lightfoot Dead at 84

(*84*) Lightfoot, a folks music and delicate rock icon of the Seventies, is lifeless … based on his publicist.

(*84*), finest recognized for his hit, “If You Could Read My Mind,” handed away Monday night in Toronto, the place he’d been hospitalized. His publicist, Victoria Lord, didn’t say why he was getting medical therapy or launch a explanation for dying.

The folks singer and songwriter grew to become a Canadian nationwide treasure, but additionally scored massive hits all through the ’70s on the U.S. Billboard charts — like ‘Read My Mind,’ “Sundown” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”

Lightfoot was a 4-time Grammy nominee, and he is been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, in addition to the Canadian Music HOF.

He had a rep for being a health nut and had remained lively on the street … touring the U.S. and Canada for years earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic compelled him to take a break.

In reality, he was nonetheless touring earlier this 12 months, till an announcement only a few weeks in the past that he was canceling all remaining dates as a result of an unannounced “health-related” subject.

He’s survived by his 6 youngsters and his spouse Kim Hasse, to whom he is been married since 2014.

(*84*) was 84.