• 02-18-2010, 11:47 AM
    ForeverAutumn
    The radio mistakenly announced that Gordon Lightfoot has died!
    All a stupid hoax!
  • 02-18-2010, 12:17 PM
    JohnMichael
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1473102/

    According to this link he is very much alive. The article explains how the hoax was started.
  • 02-18-2010, 12:36 PM
    ForeverAutumn
    Thanks John. He called in to another local radio station to report that he is indeed alive and well.

    Thank goodness!!!
  • 02-18-2010, 01:16 PM
    3LB
    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.
  • 02-18-2010, 01:32 PM
    GMichael
    Can he PROVE that he's alive?
  • 02-18-2010, 03:20 PM
    Finch Platte
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GMichael
    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
  • 02-18-2010, 03:26 PM
    ForeverAutumn
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GMichael
    Can he PROVE that he's alive?
    Can you PROVE that he isn't? Hmmmmmmm? :sosp:
  • 02-18-2010, 07:39 PM
    poppachubby
    Ya we caught that here in London. They were interviewing poor Ronnie Hawkins, who was really bummed out.
  • 02-19-2010, 06:07 AM
    ForeverAutumn
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by poppachubby
    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.
  • 02-19-2010, 07:22 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Finch Platte
    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.
  • 02-19-2010, 07:23 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
    Can you PROVE that he isn't? Hmmmmmmm? :sosp:
    I asked first. Pthththththththt....
  • 02-20-2010, 07:28 AM
    bobsticks
    Most important to know: not my fault...

    ...seesh, what a trainwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald...
  • 02-20-2010, 09:29 AM
    thekid
    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.