Knuckledraggin My Life Away : Robbie Robertson of The Band dead at 80

Thursday, August 10, 2023

Robbie Robertson of The Band dead at 80

Robbie Robertson, the frontman of the classic rock group The Band, died at the age of 80 in Los Angeles this Wednesday.

His manager of 34 years Jared Levine released a statement in Variety revealing Robertson's demise came at the end of a long illness. Sources informed TMZ that the musician succumbed to prostate cancer.

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Looks like Garth Hudson is the last man standing in that band, and he's 86 years old.

Inspirations

"The Spartans do not inquire how many the enemy are, but where they are." AGIS II 427 B.C.

"No, no, I've got 'em right where I want 'em - surrounded from the inside." -- Mad Dog Shriver when told to break up his recon team and evade, that he was about to be overrun by North Vietnamese Regulars.

“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

"The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits." - Thomas Jefferson

"The world don't owe you a living, Boy." - Pops

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

Robbie Robertson of The Band dead at 80