National Obituaries

TORONTO — When Maple Leafs brass held a meeting ahead of the NHL's 75th anniversary season, several big names — John Candy, Anne Murray and Mike Myers to name a few — were considered for the honour of serving as Toronto's honorary captain for the 199

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian couturier Valentin Yudashkin, whose designs drew eyes at international fashion shows, sports events and military ceremonies, has died at age 59, Russian news reports said Tuesday.

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary folk musician whose silvery refrains told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported to listeners worldwide, has died at 84.

Some facts about Gordon Lightfoot, the folk singing legend who died Monday night at age 84. Born: Nov. 17, 1938, Orillia, Ont.

Some key dates in the life and career of Gordon Lightfoot: Nov. 17, 1938: Gordon Lightfoot is born in Orillia, Ont. 1951: Lightfoot, a 13-year-old soprano, wins a talent contest at the Kiwanis Music Festival, held at Toronto's Massey Hall.

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary folk singer whose silvery refrains told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported to listeners worldwide, has died at age 84.

Tim Bachman, a founding member of the Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive who faced sex charges in two separate cases later in his life, has died.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's most famous fashion designer, Vyacheslav Zaitsev, who dressed the country's first ladies, has died at the age of 85, Russian news outlets reported Sunday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike Shannon, a two-time World Series winner and longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster, has died. He was 83. The Cardinals said he died Saturday night in St. Louis. The team did not cite the cause of death.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Larry “Gator” Rivers, who helped integrate high school basketball in Georgia before playing for the Harlem Globetrotters and becoming a county commissioner in his native Savannah, died Saturday at age 73.