{"id":101354,"date":"2023-05-09T01:01:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T01:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/09\/family-friends-gather-at-private-funeral-for-gordon-lightfoot-in-orillia-ont\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T01:01:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T01:01:14","slug":"family-associates-collect-at-non-public-funeral-for-gordon-lightfoot-in-orillia-ont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/09\/family-associates-collect-at-non-public-funeral-for-gordon-lightfoot-in-orillia-ont\/","title":{"rendered":"Family, associates collect at non-public funeral for Gordon Lightfoot in Orillia, Ont."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By David Friend<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br 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href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/gordon-lightfoot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gordon Lightfoot<\/a> got here collectively for a small, non-public funeral on Monday held on the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/orillia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orillia<\/a>, Ont. church the place he was as soon as a choir boy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A gaggle of roughly 50 folks assembled inside <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/st.-paul\u2019s-united-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Paul\u2019s United Church<\/a> for the practically two-hour ceremony that included a choir efficiency accompanied by an organ.<\/p>\n<p>Underneath the nearly cloudless sunny sky, the area people went concerning the day as every other, with some doing yard work and some curious onlookers wandering previous the church to look at the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>One neighbour arrange a garden chair outdoors his home to see if Canadian rock royalty the likes of Joni Mitchell and Neil Young may pull up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tFamily members carry the casket of singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot after a funeral service at St. Paul\u2019s United Church, in his hometown of Orillia, Ont., Monday, May 8, 2023. The legendary Canadian artist died May 1, on the age of 84 from pure causes.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tTHE CANADIAN PRESS\/Fred Thornhill\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>They didn\u2019t appear to, nevertheless. 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