Garth Hudson, the stoic multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of the Canadian roots-rock group the Band, died Tuesday at a nursing facility in his adopted hometown of Woodstock, N.Y. He was 87.

Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, has died. He was 87. Hudson died early Tuesday in a nursing home near Woodstock, New York, his former manager, Jim Della Croce, confirmed to ...

Garth Hudson in 1969. The Band’s songwriter and guitarist Robbie Robertson called him “far and away the most advanced musician in rock ’n’ roll.”Credit...David Attie/Getty Images ...