

He had been teaching music in Mill Valley since his release from prison.

Lenny Hart died of natural causes on February 2, 1975.

As a result of the fiasco, Mickey Hart, feeling ashamed of his father's actions, left the band in February 1971, not returning to the group on a full-time basis until 1975. The Grateful Dead song "He's Gone" is based on Lenny Hart's embezzlement of band money and subsequent disappearance. He was convicted of criminal embezzlement and sentenced to six months in jail. Hart was located by a private detective and arrested in San Diego on July 26, 1971, while baptizing people and using the name "Rev. In March, 1970, he disappeared along with approximately US$155,000 of the group's profits. Lenny Hart was also the Grateful Dead's original money manager. He was the father of Mickey Hart, one of the percussionists for the Grateful Dead. Leonard Hart (Septem– February 2, 1975) was an American drummer who owned and operated Hart Music, selling drums and musical instruments in San Carlos, California.
