Robbie Robertson, songwriter and lead guitarist for The Band, has died after a long illness. He was 80. The musician rose to fame in the ’60s with the group, putting out 12 records over the years. He eventually became a film composer, often collaborating on projects with his longtime friend, Martin Scorsese.
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Robbie Robertson, songwriter and lead guitarist for legendary rock group The Band, is dead … TMZ has confirmed. Sources close to Robbie tell us he died Wednesday in Los Angeles after battling prostate cancer for about a year. We’re told he’d been doing ok, recently, but on Tuesday he told his wife he wasn’t feeling