Fans to pay respects at Gordon Lightfoot public visitation today in Orillia, Ont.

Fans of late folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot will have an opportunity to pay their respects in his Orillia, Ont., hometown today.

Lightfoot died on Monday at age 84 and tributes have been pouring in from around the world ever since.

After Lightfoot’s death, Orillia residents began placing flowers on two monuments to the singer in the city. And on Saturday, a previously planned concert tribute to his career at the Orillia Opera House became a celebration of his life and career.

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