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Levon Helm Dying of Cancer

FINAL DAYS

Wife says disease is in its “final stages.”

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The longtime drummer of The Band and multiple Grammy winner Levon Helm is in the “final stages” of cancer, his wife said in a message posted on his website. Don Imus, Jane Fonda, and other friends made comments Wednesday remembering Helm’s life and paying tribute to his career. Helm overcame throat cancer to make three late-career albums that all won Grammys before the cancer returned.

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