Richard Manuel(1943-1986)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Richard Manuel was one of the leaders of the rock group The Band. Known
as the "funny" one, Manuel was also very frail and was prone to drug
use. He sang some of the group's most prominent songs, "King Harvest
(Has Surely Come)", "Tears of Rage", "Whispering Pines" and "I Shall Be
Released". After starring in a few films and The Band's masterpiece
concert The Last Waltz (1978), Manuel hung himself by a shower curtain rod in his
motel room in 1986.
