Pictures: Levon Helm through the years
Levon Helm performs at the 2011 Life is Good Festival at the Prowse Farm on Sept. 25, 2011 in Canton, Mass. (Douglas Mason/Getty Images)
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Levon Helm performs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. in 2008. (Alex Marsh/McClatchy Interactive/MCT)
Levon Helm of The Band performs on stage at The Wall Concert in Berlin on July 21, 1990. (Michael Putland/Getty Images)
Levon Helm of The Band hosting ‘Midnight Special’ in 1980. (Chris Walter/WireImage)
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The Band, (L-R) Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm, pose for a portrait on the beach in 1971. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
The Band, (from left) Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson and Levon Helm, greet variety show host Ed Sullivan in New York on Nov. 2, 1969. (CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
The Band, (L-R) Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, pose for a portrait in 1969. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)