Robbie Robertson was 80.
The death of influential songwriter and guitarist Robbie Robertson has been announced in a statement from his family.
“Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, including his wife, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her partner Nicholas and his children Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine and Delfine’s partner Kenny,” it reads. “He is also survived by his grandchildren, Angelica, Donovan, Dominic, Gabriel and Seraphina.”
Robertson recently completed his fourteenth film music project with frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese, Killers Of The Flower Moon. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River to support a new Woodland Cultural Centre.
As part of The Band, Robertson initially found fame backing Bob Dylan before his guitar sound underpinned their legendary Music From Big Pink debut album and self-titled follow-up – highpoints of the late sixties’ folk rock movement and still widely regarded as all-time classics to this day.