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    • Sep 8, 2002
    Gordon Lightfoot has emergency abdominal surgery at the McMaster Medical Center in Hamilton, Ontario, following a concert in his hometown, Orillia. He remains hospitalized for three months
    Dec 12, 2002
    Gordon Lightfoot is released from McMaster Medical Center in Hamilton, Ontario, following a three-month stay for abdominal bleeding
    Dec 8, 2003
    Hank Snow and Gordon Lightfoot are among the inaugural inductees in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in Toronto. Titles added include "Snowbird," "Four Strong Winds," "I'm Moving On" and "Red River Valley"
    Dec 15, 2003
    "Sundown" singer Gordon Lightfoot is named a Companion of the Order of Canada in a private ceremony
    Jul 11, 2004
    Nearly two years after enduring a life-threatening stomach aneurysm, Gordon Lightfoot makes a surprise return to the concert stage, singing one song at the end of a Lightfoot tribute concert in Orillia, Ontario
    Jun 12, 2007
    Canada's postal service issues four new stamps honoring native musicians Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell and Paul Anka
    Apr 9, 2008
    "Gordon Lightfoot: Complete Greatest Hits" receives a gold album from the RIAA
    Feb 18, 2010
    Numerous Canadian media report Gordon Lightfoot has died. He tells a Toronto radio station, "I haven't had so much airplay on my music now for weeks"
    Feb 21, 2012
    Don Schlitz, author of "The Gambler," is announced as a 2012 inductee in the Songwriters Hall of Fame along with Bob Seger, Gordon Lightfoot and Jim Steinman
    Jun 14, 2012
    Don Schlitz, who wrote "The Gambler," is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York along with Bob Seger, Gordon Lightfoot and Jim Steinman. "Stand By Me" receives the Towering Song Award
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