The last surviving original member of the Band died on Tuesday. He was a master on keys and saxophones who could conjure a panoply of scenes and eras.

Garth Hudson, keyboardist and last surviving founding member of the Canadian-American rock group The Band, has died. Though cause of death has not been confirmed, the Toronto Star reports he died in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock,

Hudson’s keyboard was an essential element of the Band's sound on roots-rock classics such as 'The Weight' and 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.'

Keyboard player Garth Hudson, who also played with Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Roger Waters and more, has died aged 87

The oldest and only classically trained member of The Band, Garth Hudson was best known for his distinctive Lowrey organ work on songs like "Chest Fever."

Garth Hudson, the organist and multi-instrumentalist whose wizardry enhanced some of the best-known songs of 1960s and '70s rock group the Band including "Up on Cripple Creek," "Chest Fever" and "Ophelia,

Garth Hudson was 87 years old. His death was confirmed by the group’s representatives who said he “passed away peacefully in his sleep” at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York, The Toronto Star reported. No cause of death was announced, Rolling Stone reported.

Garth Hudson, the keyboardist and last surviving member of The Band, has died. He was 87. Hudson “passed away peacefully in his sleep” on Tuesday morning at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York, his estate executor confirmed to the Toronto Star.

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The Band's last living member, Garth Hudson, has died. He passed away Tuesday morning, while sleeping in a New York nursing home, outlets report. Hudson was 87 years old.

Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band who toured with Bob Dylan, has died. He was 87. Hudson's death was confirmed in a statement shared to The Band's official Instagram page on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Garth Hudson, the eldest and last surviving member of rock legends The Band, has died at age 87, according to a report published by the Associated Press.