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ForeverAutumn
02-18-2010, 11:47 AM
All a stupid hoax!

JohnMichael
02-18-2010, 12:17 PM
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/gordon-lightfoot-very-much-alive/article1473102/

According to this link he is very much alive. The article explains how the hoax was started.

ForeverAutumn
02-18-2010, 12:36 PM
Thanks John. He called in to another local radio station to report that he is indeed alive and well.

Thank goodness!!!

3LB
02-18-2010, 01:16 PM
the root word of 'twitter' is 'twit' - very appropriate

I guess its good that stupid people have a place of their own to congregate when they might otherwise be out chasing parked cars.

GMichael
02-18-2010, 01:32 PM
Can he PROVE that he's alive?

Finch Platte
02-18-2010, 03:20 PM
Can he PROVE that he's alive?

He just got 4th place skiing slalom in the Olympics, idden that proof enough?

http://www.skiing.com/gordonlightfoot4thplace

ForeverAutumn
02-18-2010, 03:26 PM
Can he PROVE that he's alive?

Can you PROVE that he isn't? Hmmmmmmm? :sosp:

poppachubby
02-18-2010, 07:39 PM
Ya we caught that here in London. They were interviewing poor Ronnie Hawkins, who was really bummed out.

ForeverAutumn
02-19-2010, 06:07 AM
Ya we caught that here in London. They were interviewing poor Ronnie Hawkins, who was really bummed out.

The original report that I heard said that the news came from Ronnie Hawkins! :nonod:

Apparently, Lightfoot was at the dentist in downtown Toronto when this rumour started, so he was able to walk over to the CP24 (24 hr news TV station) offices and get on TV to prove it's not true.

Can you imagine lying in the dentist chair and finding out that the news is reporting your death? LOL.

GMichael
02-19-2010, 07:22 AM
He just got 4th place skiing slalom in the Olympics, idden that proof enough?

http://www.skiing.com/gordonlightfoot4thplace

Circumstantial at best. That only shows that he came in 4th. It doesn't specifically say that he was alive at the time. For all I know this is cousin Bernie all over again.

GMichael
02-19-2010, 07:23 AM
Can you PROVE that he isn't? Hmmmmmmm? :sosp:

I asked first. Pthththththththt....

bobsticks
02-20-2010, 07:28 AM
Most important to know: not my fault...

...seesh, what a trainwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald...

thekid
02-20-2010, 09:29 AM
So does this mean I have to take down my 10-11 Gordon Lightfoot LP's that I posted on E-Bay starting at $100 a piece....... :D

Glad to hear he is still with us.
Went and saw him in concert a few years back and he was great.