Posted on 05/20/2013 3:22:39 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
Publicist: Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74 from cancer
By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, May 20, 5:48 PM
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock ‘n’ roll, has died. He was 74.
Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says Manzarek died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family. Robinson-Fitzgerald says his manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed Manzarek died around 3:30 p.m. EDT. He had bile duct cancer.
Manzarek founded The Doors after meeting then-poet Jim Morrison in California. The band went on to become one of the most successful rock ‘n’ roll acts to emerge from the 1960s and continues to resonate with fans decades after Morrison’s death brought an effective end to the band.
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Some sites are saying it’s a hoax but I don’t think so, his own website said he is dead............
This guy is from back in the day when they use to have bands, well before the karaoke music holocaust of today began.
RIP.
Blows me away how long some of these music industry drug users have lasted.
Just like the old drag race guys who inhaled nitro, benzene, and Lord knows what else are still around.
Makes me pretty dubious about “environmental medicine”
I just saw this. RIP.
And Keith Richards keeps on going...
Bummer.. what a ride..
when organs fail , bad things happen.
(knock on wood)
RIP Ray and thanks for all the jams.
Keef will outlive us all. He’s already been pickled.
Ray, thanks for the music. RIP.
You’re right.
It shouldn’t even be referred to as “music”.
LLS
Heroin must be a preservative.
LLS
LOL! I know right? I saw him a few months ago, some concert the Stones were playing on TV, and he literally looked like a zombie from the Walking dead. I was asking how the hell can this guy be alive? Maybe he is a zombie lol!
RIP
They say Keef was hired to make Jagger look healthy....
RIP Ray. Moonlight Drive and Peace Frog are among my favorites.
Wow. Just interviewed Robby Krieger three years ago. But I did not get to speak with Manzarek.
BTW, he was a vet, and served in Thailand just before the Vietnam War really expanded.
I think you’re onto something...Keith Richards might just be the original zombie.
I think Keith died years ago and the Stones had him mummified and automated with robotics.
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