Musician Levon Helm attends the 22nd annual W.C. Handy Awards show in Memphis, in this May 24, 2001 file photo. Helm, a longtime member of The Band, is in the final stages of cancer, his family said on Tuesday. Helm, 71, who also toured with Ringo Starr's All Star band in the 1980s and won a Grammy Award for his 2011 release "Ramble at the Ryman," had canceled a series of recent gigs, raising fears about his health. REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell/Files

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Levon Helm, longtime drummer in The Band, dead at 71