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Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. ( né Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the rock band the Doors, co-founding the group in 1965 with fellow UCLA Film School student Jim Morrison.
Ray Manzarek was the architect of The Doors’ intoxicating sound. His evocative keyboard playing fused rock, jazz, blues, classical and an array of other styles into something utterly, dazzlingly new, and his restless artistic explorations continued unabated for the rest of his life.
Apr 26, 2022 · As TMZ reports, Ray Manzarek died from bile duct cancer in Germany in 2013. Throughout his life, Manzarek remained idealistic about his former band, The Doors.
May 20, 2013 · Doors co-founder and keyboardist Ray Manzarek died today in Rosenheim, Germany, after a long battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74.
May 21, 2013 · Ray Manzarek, who as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the Doors helped shape one of the indelible bands of the psychedelic era, died on Monday at a clinic in Rosenheim, Germany. He was 74....
May 21, 2013 · Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and founder member of the 1960s rock band The Doors, dies aged 74 in Germany after a long battle with cancer.
Latest News: The Ray Manzarek Archives has re-released Ray’s double CD, “Myth and Reality: The Spoken Word History”! Out of print since 1996, Ray tells all the stories from his roots on the south side of Chicago through his time with Jim Morrison and The Doors. Listen today on Spotify and YouTube.
