Gordon Lightfoot Is Alive and Well, No Matter What the Tweets Say
Gordon Lightfoot wants fans to know that, in the words of Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain, the reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated.
Lightfoot Thursday joined the list of celebrities who were alive and well but declared dead via Twitter — GigaOM reported that the same fate was suffered by Jeff Goldblum, Maya Angelou, Patrick Swayze (prior to his actual death), Zach Braff, Johnny Depp, and Kanye West — and Canwest News Service had the report on what actually transpired:
Fellow musician and close friend Ronnie Hawkins said the hoax began with a prank played on him.
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