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charlene · 04-23-2010, 10:42 AM

it's difficult to waqtch those Rideau Hall 2002 shows again knowing it was only months later that he was so ill...and while he was ill and recuperating the GG would go to the hospital and give him hs award:
Induction ceremonies are generally conducted by the Governor General at Rideau Hall in Ottawa or, on rare occasions when she is in the country, by the Queen herself. The most common reason for the Order not being presented at Rideau Hall is the recipient's inability to come to Ottawa. Two such examples occurred in 1980 with activist athlete Terry Fox and in 2003 with singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who were both suffering serious medical problems that prohibited travelling. In 2002, shortly before a concert, Lightfoot suffered a serious abdominal haemorrhage that resulted in his being in a coma for a time and months in hospital recovering. On the news of his near-death condition, Lightfoot was promoted to the rank of Companion. Since his condition left him unable to travel, Adrienne Clarkson flew to Toronto and presented him with the insignia in a private ceremony performed in his hospital room.

04-23-2010, 10:42 AM	#6
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,001	Re: Some of my Gordon Lightfoot "TREASURES" !!! it's difficult to waqtch those Rideau Hall 2002 shows again knowing it was only months later that he was so ill...and while he was ill and recuperating the GG would go to the hospital and give him hs award: Induction ceremonies are generally conducted by the Governor General at Rideau Hall in Ottawa or, on rare occasions when she is in the country, by the Queen herself. The most common reason for the Order not being presented at Rideau Hall is the recipient's inability to come to Ottawa. Two such examples occurred in 1980 with activist athlete Terry Fox and in 2003 with singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who were both suffering serious medical problems that prohibited travelling. In 2002, shortly before a concert, Lightfoot suffered a serious abdominal haemorrhage that resulted in his being in a coma for a time and months in hospital recovering. On the news of his near-death condition, Lightfoot was promoted to the rank of Companion. Since his condition left him unable to travel, Adrienne Clarkson flew to Toronto and presented him with the insignia in a private ceremony performed in his hospital room.