Fans flock to his Facebook page to share memories . His family asks for prayers as Band , 1998 , `` makes his way through this part of his journey '' He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 71 . The Helm drummer rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s ; fell on hard times in the late 1960s and 1970s .
Fans flock to his Facebook page to share memories . His family asks for prayers as Helm , 71 , `` makes his way through this part of his journey '' He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998 . The Band drummer rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s ; fell on hard times in 1990s .