Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician, has died at age 87. Hudson, the eldest and last survivor of the group which once backed Bob Dylan, has died at age 87.

An architect of the Band’s genre-melding sound, he played piano on “The Weight” and organ on “Chest Fever.” He was the group’s last surviving member.

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,

Here’s a look at the financial standing of the keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist who was the last surviving member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Band.

Garth Hudson, a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist best known for his distinctive organ and saxophone work with the Band, has died at 87.

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 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.

The Canadian virtuoso, known for his solo on “Chest Fever,” gave the group a “sound twice as big” and his mates music lessons.

Garth Hudson, the keyboardist, sax player and archivist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band, died January 21 in his sleep in Woodstock, NY. He was 87.

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

Ontario-born Garth died early on Tuesday morning at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York, his decades-long friend and occasional collaborator Jan Haust told the newspaper. Jan -