Levon Helm: A Thank-You Note For The Music -- And The Example

Levon Helm is in "the final stages of his battle" with throat cancer, according to his family.</p

/ NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Drummer-singer Levon Helm performing in 2009 on the Don Imus show on Fox Business Network. His daughter Amy is at center.

Helm, who was part of The Band, is "in the final stages of his battle with cancer," according to a statement his family posted on his website.

Prayers and love to him," the 71-year-old drummer's family says on his website.

Levon Helm, the legendary 71-year-old drummer-singer of The Band, is in "the final stages of his battle with cancer," according to a note posted on his Web site by his wife and daughter.

Released a statement about his former bandmate Levon Helm, who is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Robertson and He.