Yes, during one of his Massey Hall concerts in 1972:
"On stage at Massey Hall in March, Lightfoot feels a numbness on one side of his face. It is diagnosed backstage as Bell's Palsy. He completes his Massey committment, but he is then forced to cancel some shows and take several months off to recover."
As I recall reading it somewhere or other, his own doctor happened to be at the show, and gave him shots of cortisone (to reduce nerve swelling) enabling him to finish the show.
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