Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek dies at 74
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Topic: Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek dies at 74
Posted By: snobb
Subject: Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek dies at 74
Date Posted: 21 May 2013 at 12:54am
Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek dies at 74 in Germany
Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and founder member of the 1960s rock band The Doors, has died aged 74. He formed the band with lead singer Jim Morrison in 1965 after a chance meeting in Venice Beach, Los Angeles. Manzarek, who had suffered from bile duct cancer for many years, died in a clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, with his wife and brothers at his bedside. The Doors found fame in the 1960s with hits such as The End, Break on Through to the Other Side and Hello I Love You. They sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and Manzarek became one of the best-known keyboardists of his era, his artistry colouring tracks like Riders on the Storm and Light my Fire. The death of Morrison of heart failure in a bath in Paris on 3 July 1971 effectively spelled the end for the band, although Chicago-born Manzarek took on singing duty. The front man had moved to the city to write. A doctor's report stated the cause of his death was heart failure aggravated by heavy drinking. In his latter years, Manzarek played in other bands and, in 1998, wrote a best-selling memoir, Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22604798" rel="nofollow - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22604798 |
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Posted By: Cannonball With Hat
Date Posted: 21 May 2013 at 2:47am
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RIP ------------- Hit it on Five. Saxophone Scatterbrain Blitzberg Stab them in the ears. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 21 May 2013 at 3:09am
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Break on through (to the other side)
RIP Ray!!!
Thanks for lighting my fire up on rock music in my youth...
Loved your version of Carmina Burana too!!
------------- my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones.... 
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