The Band’s Robbie Robertson has died, aged 80
nme.comThe Band guitarist and singer-songwriter Robbie Robertson has died. He was 80.The news was confirmed on Wednesday night (August 9) via The Band’s management on social media.
The statement, which originally came from Robertson’s family, reads: “Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, including his wife, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her partner Nicholas, and his children Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine, and Delphine’s partner Kenny.”Robbie Robertson is survived by his grandchildren Angelica, Donovan, Dominic, Gabriel, and Seraphina.Robertson’s family has called for donations to be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River in lieu of sending flowers.
The donations will be helped to support a new Woodland Cultural Centre.A post shared by The Band (@the_band_official_)Robbie Robertson met Ronnie Hawkins, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson as a teenager, and they went on to form The Hawks.
Following the band’s split from Hawkins in 1965, they were recruited to be Bob Dylan‘s backing band during his pivot to non-acoustic music.Robertson and co.
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