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Levon Helm, a Rare card
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm was an American musician and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 153
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 480,000
Power 153 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Levon Helm quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Levon Helm card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1998, Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer, which caused him to lose his ______ voice.
Answer
singing. In 1998, Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer, which caused him to lose his singing voice. From the Levon Helm article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm was an American musician and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ____.
Answer
1990s. Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm was an American musician and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. From the Levon Helm article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Helm was known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, multi-instrumental ability, and creative drumming style, highlighted on many of the Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".
- Helm also had a successful career as a film actor, appearing as Loretta Lynn's father in Coal Miner's Daughter, as Chuck Yeager's friend and colleague Captain Jack Ridley in The Right Stuff, the father of Laura Dern's character in Smooth Talk, as a Tennessee firearms expert in Shooter, and as General John Bell Hood in In the Electric Mist.
- In 1998, Helm was diagnosed with throat cancer, which caused him to lose his singing voice.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Levon Helm article was read about 480,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Levon Helm
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Levon Helm (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
