Levon Helm, icon of Americana music, 'in the final stages of cancer' | World news | guardian.co.uk

This is so sad. Levon Helm, the revered multi-instrumentalist and singer for the group The Band, is in the final stages of cancer, according to his family. His family writes:

Thank you fans and music lovers who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration… he has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the back beat, and make the people dance! He did it every time he took the stage …