Ronnie and Wanda Hawkins arrive for the Canadian Music Industry Awards in Toronto, Thursday, March 8, 2007. Photo: AP
Ronnie Hawkins, the Southern rockabilly singer who helped shape and launch the Band and other Canadian rock artistes, died Sunday (May 29) after battling a long-term illness. He was 87.
Hawkins' death was confirmed to The Canadian Press by his wife, Wanda: "He went peacefully and he looked as handsome as ever."
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