Hundreds of Gordon Lightfoot’s fans joined his closest family, friends and bandmates on Sunday at a public visitation in his hometown.
Orillia couple Steven and Diane Porter were the first in line, having arrived at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday morning..“Gordon Lightfoot is an icon, a beautiful man, his songs touched all around the world and he’s like Mr. Canada — God love him,” said Steve Porter, who was a young student of Lightfoot’s former guitarist Red Shea.
There were a few bouquets of flowers and placards of condolences outside the church — one read “We Love You Gord” — but they were outnumbered by the floral arrangements inside, including a huge bouquet of red roses from Lightfoot’s third wife, Kim, on top of the casket on the stage at the front of the church with a card that read, “My heart’s treasure,” and a ribbon that said, “Loving husband.
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