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Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek” mined American music and folklore and helped reshape contemporary rock, died Wednesday at 80.

Part-Mohawk and Cayuga rock legend goes to the spirit world.

One of rock’s greatest songwriters and musicians, Robbie Robertson, has died at 80.

One of rock’s greatest songwriters and musicians, Robbie Robertson, has died at 80. His manager said he died Wednesday in Los Angeles, surrounded by family. As the guitarist and lead

The Canadian-born Robertson was a high school dropout and one-man melting pot — part-Jewish, part-Mohawk and Cayuga — who fell in love with the seemingly limitless sounds and byways of his adopted country.

Canadian-born Robertson toured with the veteran singer as the lead guitarist for his backing band in the mid-1960s.

Canadian-born Robertson toured with the veteran singer as the lead guitarist for his backing band in the mid-1960s.

Canadian-born Robertson toured with the veteran singer as the lead guitarist for his backing band in the mid-1960s.

Canadian-born Robertson toured with the veteran singer as the lead guitarist for his backing band in the mid-1960s.

Canadian-born Robertson toured with the veteran singer as the lead guitarist for his backing band in the mid-1960s.