A flop at first, ‘The Right Stuff’ ascends to the level of a classic The great space epic, which turns 40 this month, still thrills with its expert casting and dazzling visuals.

Levon Helm, Woodstock resident and drummer, the former leader of The Band, has died at age 71. Helm died at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Levon Helm's boyhood home in Marvell was rejected for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, but Ann Ballard Bryan said "there's still a glimmer of hope." ...

In this 2009 file photo, Levon Helm (right) performs with his band in New York. At center is his daughter Amy Helm. Levon Helm was in the final stages of his battle with cancer, and died in 2012.

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2009 file photo, 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.

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2009 file photo, 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.

View full size Richard Drew / AP PhotoIn this Oct. 9, 2009 file photo, Levon Helm, right, performs with his band on the "Imus in the Morning" program on the Fox Business channel, in New York.

The world of music lost a legend Thursday. Levon Helm died after battling throat cancer since 1998. Levon Helm was born to a cotton farmer in Elaine, Arkansas in 1940. His talent, revealed at a young ...

Journalist John W. Barry was there for almost all of the Rambles and has written a book, "Levon Helm: Rock, Roll, Ramble — The Inside Story of the Man, the Music and the Midnight Ramble." It's ...