5/21/13- Ray Manzarek of the Doors

Ray Manzarek, the legendary keyboard player for The Doors, has died at the age of 74. Manzarek was suffering from bile duct cancer.
‘I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today,’ said The Doors Robby Krieger. ‘I’m just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him.’
Ray Manzarek founded The Doors with Jim Morrison in 1965 in Venice Beach, California. The band recorded six albums with Morrison including the final ‘LA Woman’ in 1971 featuring Manzarek’s finest moment ‘Riders On The Storm’.