A prolific Canadian singer-songwriter and recording artist since 1962, Gordon Lightfoot became a country-folk sensation when “If You Could Read My Mind” crossed over to the U.S. charts in 1970. Then came “Sundown” in 1974. The song, about a failing relationship, reached No. 1 on two Billboard charts. Twelve years later, Cathy Smith, the song’s unnamed subject, pleaded no contest to injecting comedian John Belushi with a fatal dose of heroin and cocaine in Hollywood in 1982 and served 15 months in prison.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 12, 2020 15:22 UTC