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Gordon Lightfoot Died Rumors Update

At around 2pm the rumour began swirling around the blogosphere and Twitter. News outlets picked up a rumor today that Gordon Lightfoot had died. It was all over Twitter and was in some big news outlets too. The mainstream media today was punked by a hoax that began with a Twitter comment by David Akin that Canadian singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot had died.

However the stories the Vancouver Sun quoted Lightfoots. Well friends an foes I had a tribute post up here when I heard that a great Canadian Gordon Lightfoot had died. The rumor may have started on Twitter it certainly spread there. Several major news outlets erroneously reported that Gordon Lightfoot was dead.

Gordon Lightfoot has died sources close to the singer say Davidakin David Akin Twitter conversation. Rumors that iconic Canadian singersongwriter Gordon Lightfoot died raced across Twitter earlier today and soon found their way onto several Canwest newspaper websites. The reports of singer Gordon LIghtfoots death are greatly exaggerated. I aint kiddin when I say I had tears runnin down my.

Iconic Canadian folksinger Gordon Lightfoot has died. None thought to perform the basic journalistic task of confirming the news against oh say a medical examiner or a coroner. Reports of folk icons death which were picked up by some media outlets began as a Twitterbased prank says his longtime friend and publicist. He died last night Ive had a couple of phone calls already.