On March 3, 1986, The Band played a concert at the Cheek to Cheek Lounge outside Orlando, in Winter Park, Florida. The next day, Richard Manuel was found dead in his room at the Quality Inn & Suites Winter Park Village Area.

According to the autopsy report, sometime between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. Richard slipped the end of a belt through the buckle and around his neck. He looped the other end of the belt twice around the shower curtain rod. Then, police say, he simply sat down hard.

A blood toxicology report indicated that Manuel was drunk and had ingested cocaine the day he died.

Studio Albums By The Band:

Music from Big Pink – Released: July 1, 1968
The Band – Released: September 22, 1969
Stage Fright – Released: August 17, 1970
Cahoots – Released: September 15, 1971
Moondog Matinee – Released: October 15, 1973
Northern Lights – Southern Cross – Released: November 1, 1975
Islands – Released: March 15, 1977
Jericho – Released: November 2, 1993
High on the Hog – Released: February 27, 1996
Jubilation – Released: September 15, 1998

Quality Inn & Suites
626 Lee Rd.
Orlando FL 32810