5 Levon Helm, right, performs with his band on the "Imus in the Morning" program on the Fox Business channel, in New York. At center is his daughter Amy Helm. Helm, who was in the final stages of his battle with cancer, died in New York. He was 71. He was a key member of The Band and lent his distinctive Southern voice to classics like "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down