Levon Helm, Drummer for The Band, Dies at 71
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Levon Helm, the drummer and only American in The Band has died at age 71 (May 26, 1940 ~ April 19, 2012). He was found to have throat cancer in 1998 and died from complications from cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, said Lucy Sabini of Vanguard Records. On Tuesday, a […]