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Friday 10 December 1999

Rick Danko, bassist and singer for The Band, performs in New York during a free Independence Day concert in this July 4, 1996, file photo. Danko, who went from Bob Dylan's backup band to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with The Band, died Friday morning, Dec. 10, 1999, in his home in Woodstock, N.Y. It is not immediately known what caused Danko's death, which came a day after his 56th birthday. (AP Photo/Robert Simko, File)