The Band lead guitarist Robbie Robertson, who labored with Martin Scorsese and Bob Dylan, has died aged 80.
The musician had just lately accomplished work on Killers of the Flower Moon, his fourteenth movie music mission with Scorsese. It was introduced on Wednesday the Canadian guitarist-songwriter-and-singer had died in Los Angeles after a protracted sickness.
“Robbie was surrounded by his household on the time of his dying, together with his spouse, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her associate Nicholas, and his kids Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine, and Delphine’s associate Kenny,” Robertson’s long-time supervisor, Jared Levine, stated in an announcement, reported Selection.
“He’s additionally survived by his grandchildren Angelica, Donovan, Dominic, Gabriel and Seraphina.
“In lieu of flowers, the household has requested that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River to assist a brand new Woodland Cultural Heart,” the assertion added.
Robertson led the Canadian-American rockers The Band to fame within the Nineteen Seventies, and wrote a sequence of hits for the group together with The Night time They Drove Previous Dixie Down, The Weight and The Form I’m In.
The Band’s ultimate live performance was captured on movie by Scorsese in The Final Waltz, and their rise to fame was the topic of the 2019 documentary As soon as Had been Brothers.
The Toronto-born musician labored as composer, music producer and music supervisor on films together with Raging Bull, The Shade of Cash, The Departed, The Irishman, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Avenue and Gangs of New York.
Throughout his illustrious profession Robertson additionally labored with musical greats together with Dylan.
