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Robbie Robertson, the string-bending guitarist and principal songwriter of The Band, has died at 80.

Robertson died on Wednesday morning in Los Angeles after a long illness, a representative confirmed to CBC News.

"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 Delphine's partner Kenny," Jared Levine, Robertson's longtime manager, said in a statement.

With The Band, Robertson was credited with writing or co-writing the band's signature songs, including The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Up on Cripple Creek, The Shape I'm In and Chest Fever.

The Band's first two albums were especially hailed, each ranking in the top 100 of Rolling Stone's updated compilation of the top 500 albums of all time in 2020.
The same magazine rated Robertson at No. 59 on a list of the 100 greatest guitarists.

The Band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, five years after receiving a similar honour at the Juno Awards.

Robertson won an additional five Junos in a solo career that began in the mid-1980s and included popular songs Showdown at Big Sky, Somewhere Down the Crazy River and What About Now?

Robertson was one of the first Indigenous rock stars, though few in the white-dominated music press took much notice. He received a lifetime achievement award at the Native American Music Awards in 2017.

More tonight on The National.

Reporting by Chris Iorfida, CBC News | Photo by Paul Borkwood/CBC

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Ghanaians are protesting against diaspora returnees settling in Pan-African Village, located in Ghana’s Central Region, due to a heated land dispute. ➡️ https://l.theafricareport.com/nYF

Tensions have escalated to the point where some locals allege they’ve been threatened by armed occupants of Pan-African Village. “Sometimes they pull guns on us and tell us to leave,” says Kwaku Arthur, a 39-year-old farmer. “This is our home. How can we be treated like strangers in our land?”

Report by Kent Mensah.