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Robbie Robertson, the frontman of the classic rock group The Band, died at the age of 80 in Los Angeles this Wednesday.
His manager of 34 years, Jared Levine, released a statement in Variety revealing Robertson's demise came at the end of a long illness.
Levine's statement also said that the former frontman was surrounded by his family when he died - including his wife and three children.
How did Robbie Robertson die?
Jaime Royal, 'Robbie' Robertson reportedly died on the morning of Wednesday August 9, after a long illness.
TMZ sources have said that Robbie had been suffering with prostate cancer - which mostly affects men over 50 - for around a year before he died.
However, the guitarist's official cause of death has not been announced.
Robbie is said to have been relatively well until the day before he died, when his wife Janet Zuccarini took him to hospital.
A statement from Robbie's family, released on his Instagram account read: '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.
'In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River to support a new Woodland Cultural Centre.'