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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.

Garth Hudson, who played organ, accordion, saxophone, and more as a member of the Band—perhaps still the group that best embodies the glorious, lawless amalgamation of styles at the very heart of rock and roll—died at the age of eighty-seven,

Because not only did the world lose a talented performer in the 87-year-old, it lost the last living found member of a legendary group — The Band. Hudson was preceded in death by founding member Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm.

A multifaceted musician, he was the last surviving original member of an influential group that mixed rock, r&b and an Americana sound.

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

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.'

Garth Hudson, the multitalented musical genius who elevated The Band while remaining its most reserved member, died Tuesday. He was 87. Hudson, who was the last surviving member of the group, died in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock, N.Y., according to the Toronto Star. His exact cause of death was not announced.

Hudson was born in Windsor, Ontario and raised by a musical family two hours away in London, before Ronnie Hawkins recruited him to join the Hawks, a rockabilly-influenced predecessor to the Band. They later toured with Levon Helm as Levon and the Hawks.

Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on Cripple Creek,” “The Weight” and “Rag Mama Rag,

Eric “Garth” Hudson, the last original member of The Band, has died aged 87, the group has announced. The Canadian musician rose to fame with Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Richard Manuel in the group – which put out the songs The Weight, Up On Cripple Creek and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – and served as their keyboardist.

Mr. Hudson drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Weight.”