Radisson Plaza Hotel Kalamazoo (Bobby Hatfield Death Site)

On the evening of November 5, 2003, Bobby Hatfield was found unresponsive in room 238 of the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. Hatfield, born August 10, 1940, had achieved fame as the tenor voice of the Righteous Brothers alongside Bill Medley, recording some of the most commercially successful records of the 1960s including 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'' and 'Unchained Melody.' The duo had continued performing together into the 2000s.

Hatfield and Medley were in Kalamazoo for a scheduled concert at Miller Auditorium, which sits immediately adjacent to the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Kalamazoo. A member of the hotel staff discovered Hatfield's body in his room before the show was to begin. He was 63 years old. The Kalamazoo County Medical Examiner's report, as documented in Wikipedia, identified acute cocaine toxicity with coronary artery disease as the cause of death.

The Radisson Plaza Hotel Kalamazoo is a twelve-story downtown hotel that opened in 1981 and has operated continuously since. It remains an active full-service hotel. The building's proximity to Miller Auditorium — connected via skyway — made it a standard lodging choice for performers appearing at the venue. Local media in Kalamazoo covered the circumstances of Hatfield's death extensively, and the hotel's room 238 has since carried an informal association in regional music history.