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George Tonight | Season 7 | May 19, 2011 | 2:15

Gordon Lightfoot Reacts to His Own Death Announcement

Canadian icon Gordon Lightfoot tells George how he felt upon hearing about his own death on the radio after a rumor was started on Twitter.

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