Via The Ampersand: A false death report circulating on Twitter was erroneously picked up by Canadian media outlets earlier today, prompting singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to crack wise over the airwaves.
"I haven't gotten that much airplay of my music in weeks," Lightfoot joked in a phone call to Toronto's CP24.
He also called entertainment columnist John Schwartz to set the record straight, according to the Orillia Packet & Times.
"I'm alive and well," Lightfoot said. "The whole thing is a hoax."
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