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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.
The inspiration for the song, according to Adam Duritz, came from the sense of "not lasting" he felt when he went to bed and read a newspaper that stated Richard Manuel, a founding member of the Band, had died of an apparent suicide. Manuel was a pianist and vocalist who suffered from bouts of depression—all abilities and traits shared by ...
The Band was a Canadian-American rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1957.It consisted of the Canadians Rick Danko (bass, guitar, vocals, fiddle), Garth Hudson (organ, keyboards, accordion, saxophone), Richard Manuel (piano, drums, vocals) and Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals, piano, percussion) and the American Levon Helm (drums, vocals, mandolin, guitar, bass).
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1980s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
After he died in July 2024 at age 76, Richard Simmons' cause of death has been revealed in the full investigation report by the Los Angeles Medical Examiner.. The report, obtained by NBC News ...
Night Court star Richard Moll Night Court star Richard Moll died on Thursday at age 80. The towering 6'8" actor is most famous for playing the beloved bailiff Bull on the original run of the sitcom.
In real life, Callas did in fact pass away in her Paris apartment, as the movies depicts. Callas died on September 16, 1977, having suffered a heart attack; she was just 53 years old.
Richard Bachman's author photo actually features Richard Manuel, a builder and friend of Stephen King's literary agent, Kirby McCauley. [1] The photo is credited to Bachman's wife, Claudia Inez Bachman. Richard Bachman is a pen name (as well as a fictional character) of American horror fiction author Stephen King, adopted in 1977 for the novel ...