Robbie Robertson, leader of the Canadian-American group The Band, has sadly died.
His management confirmed that the legendary rock star passed away at the age of 80, due to a long illness.
In a statement via Variety, Jared Levine said: “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.”
“He is also survived by his grandchildren Angelica, Donovan, Dominic, Gabriel and Seraphina. Robertson recently completed his fourteenth film music project with frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River to support a new Woodland Cultural Center.”
The Band, who collaborated with the likes of Bob Dylan, had hits likes “The Weight,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” and “Up on Cripple Creek.”
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The Band eventually decided to call it quits, with their final performance on Thanksgiving in 1976, documented by Martin Scorsese in The Last Waltz, which was released in 1978 and isconsidered an all-time classic music documentary.
The band reunited in other iterations in the 1980s and 1990s, although Robbie did not participate.
He had a solo career through the same period, releasing his self-titled debut in 1986 and following it with Storyville in 1991. He made guest appearances on records by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ringo Starr, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Neil Diamond, and many more.
Robbie maintained the relationship with Martin Scorsese after The Last Waltz, contributing to films like Raging Bull, Casino and The Wolf of Wall Street. In 2020, the director produced Once Were Brothers, a documentary about The Band based mostly on Robbie’s accounts. His final album was 2019’s Sinematic.
Our thoughts are with Robbie Robertson‘s loved ones at this difficult time.
We have sadly lost many stars in 2023.
Categories: Biography
Source: vcmp.edu.vn