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...