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Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as a pianist and one of three lead singers in the Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Jun 2, 2021 · Richard Manuel was a singer, songwriter, and pianist for the folk-rock group, The Band. He is remembered as a supremely talented yet tortured soul whose demons eventually got the best of him.
Mar 4, 2013 · Richard Manuel killed himself following a concert by the Band in Winter Park, Fla.; his body was discovered on March 4, 1986.
Mar 4, 2024 · On March 4th, 1986, following a show in Winter Park, FL, Richard Manuel committed suicide by hanging in his motel room.
Mar 4, 2024 · On March 4, 1986, Richard Manuel, the co-lead vocalist and piano player for The Band, died by suicide at the age of 42. Manuel was one of three talented singers in the influential...
Mar 6, 1986 · Richard Manuel, the singer, pianist, songwriter and occasional drummer with the rock group the Band, was found dead Tuesday in his motel room in Winter Park, Fla. The police said the death was...
Apr 3, 2023 · Richard Manuel, one of the founding members of the highly influential rock group The Band, would have celebrated his 80th birthday today. The multi-talented instrumentalist and vocalist...
Mar 3, 2014 · Like most members of The Band, Manuel was a skilled multi-instrumentalist and would move from piano to drums when Levon Helm took on mandolin duties – see Evangeline and Rag Mama Rag for key examples of The Band’s second configuration.
Mar 4, 2023 · The Band’s Richard Manuel, the pianist for the rock grou, hanged himself on March 4, 1986, in a motel in Winter Park, Florida. He was 42.
Oct 7, 2021 · The refrain of The Band’s “Rockin’ Chair,” sung in one of the best harmonies of their canon led by Richard Manuel, immediately conjures vivid imagery.