Gordon Lightfoot probably would be alive today, despite his age, if he had not been "vaccinated"
Gordon Lightfoot probably would be alive today, despite his age, if he had not been "vaccinated"
And many others too might be alive, if he did not join in the "vaccination" propaganda pushed by so many musicians all around the world. (If only he had thought to question it instead...)
Since the New York Times reported Gordon Lightfoot’s death on Monday, May 1, we intended to include it in the latest overview of people “dying suddenly” in Canada (where Tim Bachman, founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, also died last week). But Lightfoot’s death, at 84, was not included in our latest post on deaths in Canada (it is now), due to some crossed wires at our end; so I’m posting here about him separately, to reaffirm a point about those “dying suddenly,” not in childhood, youth or middle age, but in their 80’s or older.
We decided early on, when we started this project early last year, to use a cut-off date of 75, figuring that, since sudden deaths are likelier at so advanced an age, we should err more on the side of caution in such cases, for the sake of greater credibility.
But we soon became more flexible, since it’s no less suspicious when somebody rich and famous, in his/her 80’s or even 90’s, just drops dead—with no cause reported, and without having been unwell, and was known to have been “vaccinated”—than when someone younger dies that way. So it was, of course, with both Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, both of whom, old as they were (96, 99), could have lived still longer lives; so it was with Ramsey Clark, dead (suddenly) at 93, though very fit up til the end; and so it was with Paul Sorvino, who “died suddenly” at 83, and who—despite vague claims, in “our free press,” about recent “health problems”—had been working non-stop, with several projects going, when he just up and died, just like so many others. (Sorvino, BTW, was one of a few dozen departed movie people who, at this year’s Oscars jamboree, were left out of the “In Memoriam” segment, which—just like the year before—would have been too long, and maybe called attention to what’s going on, if they’d included all those who ought to have mentioned there.)
In any case, I don’t accept, and cannot tolerate, the breezy view, which some have offered in their comments here, that “sudden deaths” of those beyond a certain age don’t matter—a position that smells strongly of the same eugenicist world-view that’s lately become inescapable in Canada and many other places bluntly pushing euthanasia. Once we accept the view that such-and-such an age is old enough, we’ve yielded yet another scruple in the ongoing drive to make us all collaborators in the global war against humanity.
Getting back to Gordon Lightfoot, note that he was proudly “vaccinated” (like his countryman Neil Young, who’s come out now with a mawkish tribute), and that, as usual, the New York Times misleadingly reports [sic] “a number of health problems in recent years, ” whereas, according to the Wall Street Journal (and other outlets), the indomitable Lightfoot had been planning yet another tour, but that he had to cancel it a few months ago, because of “health issues”—as countless other artists have been forced to do these last two years.
Gordon Lightfoot, Hitmaking Singer-Songwriter, Is Dead at 84
May 1, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk singer whose rich, plaintive baritone and gift for melodic songwriting made him one of the most popular recording artists of the 1970s, died on Monday night in Toronto. He was 84.
His death, at Sunnybrook Hospital, was confirmed by his publicist, Victoria Lord. She did not specify a cause, but Mr. Lightfoot had had a number of health problems in recent years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/arts/music/gordon-lightfoot-dead.html
Compare the Times’s reference to “a number of health problems in recent years” to the last paragraph below, with the more specific—and revealing—information that Lightfoot (like countless other “vaccinated” artists) had “cancelled [a planned tour] last month due to health issues” (here duly reported by the Wall Street Journal):
Folk Singer Gordon Lightfoot Dies at 84
TORONTO—Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk singer who counted Bob Dylan among his fans, died on Monday in a Toronto hospital, his booking agent Bernd Fiedler said. He was 84 years old.
Mr. Lightfoot was among a wave of Canadian musicians including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell who found success in the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s. He wasn’t as commercially successful as his contemporaries, but he left a lasting legacy of songs that were covered by singers such as Mr. Dylan, Johnny Cash, Herb Alpert, Jimmy Buffett, Liza Minnelli and Harry Belafonte.
He recorded several hits during his most successful period in the 1970s and was nominated for four Grammys.
Mr. Lightfoot’s hits include, “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Early Morning Rain,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” and “Sundown,” which reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1974.
Mr. Lightfoot, who suffered a nearly fatal abdominal aneurysm in 2002, had been planning a tour this year, but shows in Canada and the U.S. were canceled last month due to health issues.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/folk-singer-gordon-lightfoot-dies-at-84/ar-AA1aC5sg?li=BBnb2gh
On Lightfoot’s happy “vaccination,” some flagrant bio-fascist propaganda in the Toronto Sun:
Gordon Lightfoot vaccinated and anxious to get back on stage
March 19, 2021
If you could read Gordon Lightfoot’s mind, you would have known he’d be early in line for the COVID-19 vaccination.
“I always planned on getting it because me and the band want to get back out on the road to see our fans again,” the 82-year-old legend said Friday with a chuckle. “Whenever that is, we’ll get back out there and play.”
“The people who ran the clinic were just great,” said Lightfoot. “We met many terrific people also getting the vaccine.”
And it didn’t hurt at all.
“I hardly felt it and have had no side effects,” he said.
Now the focus shifts back to music and getting ready for three big shows coming up at the El Mocambo to be streamed to the world.
“May 6th, 7th and 8th and the whole band is excited,” said Lightfoot. “It gives us something to look forward to.”
During the pandemic, “I have followed all the protocols” to keep safe and “make sure I get out for a walk every day as well.”
He and the band also are heading into the Canterbury Music Company studio on Dufferin St. to rehearse.
“They really do an amazing job allowing a band to socially distance and be protected so they can play together,” he said. “It’s important to us because we are really focused on the sound. The acoustics in the renovated El Mocambo are as good as anywhere I have played.”
The only thing missing is the audience but “I know they are out there and we can feel them.”
And one day soon they will all be together riding that Carefree Highway once again thanks to Gordon Lightfoot getting the jab.
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/scrawler-gordon-lightfoot-vaccinated-and-anxious-to-get-back-on-stage
It's impossible for me to not consider vaccines related death when a celebrity or anyone else for that matter dies suddenly. It's puts every death into question.
“In any case, I don’t accept, and cannot tolerate, the breezy view, which some have offered in their comments here, that “sudden deaths” of those beyond a certain age don’t matter—a position that smells strongly of the same eugenicist world-view that’s lately become inescapable in Canada and many other places bluntly pushing euthanasia. Once we accept the view that such-and-such an age is old enough, we’ve yielded yet another scruple in the ongoing drive to make us all collaborators in the global war against humanity.” <- Thank you, Mark! I am of this same mindset.