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Thread started 05/20/13 2:36pm

funkyslsistah

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RIP Ray Manzarek: Founding Member of The Doors

Publicist: Founding member of The Doors dies at 74

By CHRIS TALBOTT, AP Music Writer
Updated 2:21 pm, Monday, May 20, 2013

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74.

Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release that Manzarek died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family. He had been stricken by 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 the band to an end.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/ent...z2Ts3RJJ6O

I just heard about his passing on a sports talkshow and so far this was the only print news I've found. I liked him as the remaining presence of The Doors. I'm surprised by this one. sad

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Reply #1 posted 05/20/13 2:51pm

JoeBala

Man I'm stunned the guy always looked in good health. Say hello to Jim.... sad

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Reply #2 posted 05/20/13 2:55pm

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Reply #3 posted 05/20/13 3:22pm

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I just read this on another site. sad Can't believe it. I'm so sad right now. sigh bawl Longtime Doors fan. dove rose


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Reply #4 posted 05/20/13 3:58pm

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...Break On Through (To The Other Side)


Looks like he has...dove



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Reply #5 posted 05/20/13 4:09pm

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I was waiting for someone to have a sticky thread about this.

sad rose rose Each one for Manzarek/Morrison.

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Reply #6 posted 05/20/13 4:17pm

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:(Love The Doors
Go to the source: http://www.jw.org/en

Thanks! biggrin
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Reply #7 posted 05/20/13 5:27pm

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wilted angel sad

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Reply #8 posted 05/20/13 5:30pm

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Reply #9 posted 05/20/13 5:55pm

FnkyManifesto7

Oh God this hurts... the Doors were one of my favorite bands. Ray was the music... Jim was the lyrics.

sad sigh rose

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Reply #10 posted 05/20/13 6:16pm

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RIP Ray Manzarek.





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Reply #11 posted 05/20/13 6:35pm

jon1967

Till we see you again Mr Manzarek thank you for what we have musically because of you and your band brothers.Now your riding that crystal ship with a lit fire to see whats on the other side, bon voyage mr peace frog.Go find the feast we're promised now that all things are infinite for you.

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[Edited 5/20/13 18:45pm]

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Reply #12 posted 05/20/13 7:03pm

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I am devastated. sad Ray was one of my idols for keyboards...a true musician and the BACKBONE of the Doors.

Rest in heavenly peace, Ray. God bless you and your contribution to the world of music. pray

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Reply #13 posted 05/20/13 10:32pm

EMPEROR101

What a drag- sad

He always seemed to be the one hippie/rockstar that never quite got too wrapped up in all the crazyness..

Loved his playing and tunes and his innovative for the 60s organ/synth bass combo..

RIP brother.

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Reply #14 posted 05/21/13 12:53am

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So sad. He was a talented guy and always seemed so cool and full of life in interviews.

RIP Ray.

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Reply #15 posted 05/21/13 4:49am

Javi
I'm not a huge Doors fan, but Manzarek was an amazing musician. Very sad news.
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Reply #16 posted 05/21/13 9:53am

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Reply #17 posted 05/21/13 11:55am

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R.I.P.

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I'm firmly planted in denial
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Reply #18 posted 05/21/13 2:03pm

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KGO-AM reaired a 2010 interview with Ray Manzarek. Here are the links so that you can hear it.

http://www.kgoradio.com/common/page.php?pt=Ronn+Owens+Podcast&id=4302&is_corp=0

Clink on the link and it's the 5/21, 11am show OR download the link the link for the podcast.

Download this podcast

Enjoy! It's really great and I think I heard it the first time it aired but it's something you would get tired of hearing. Ray sounded much younger than his age.

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Reply #19 posted 05/21/13 9:15pm

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Hands down the greatest keyboard player to ever walk the earth. The guy played keyboard bass with his left hand, "piano" with the right, half of the time he wasnt even looking at the keys and i never heard him miss a beat. Fan-fucking-tastic. RIP, my friend...and burn one with Jimbo for me.

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Reply #20 posted 05/22/13 9:59am

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Javi said:

I'm not a huge Doors fan, but Manzarek was an amazing musician. Very sad news.

Yeah this. RIP... neutral

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Reply #21 posted 05/23/13 10:45pm

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of Ray Manzarek, rose

John Densmore said, "There was no keyboard player on the planet more appropriate to support Jim Morrison's words."

This is a beautiful image of musical notes connoting how music is made ... thank you Ray Manzarek for giving your creativity in music to our space in time.

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Reply #22 posted 05/23/13 11:55pm

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This guy WAS the sound of the Doors. Jim was the voice and image but Ray created a dark sound that has never been dupliated and gave the band a sound that when you heard it you knew it was The Doors smile

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Reply #23 posted 05/25/13 11:21pm

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sad

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #24 posted 05/26/13 2:51pm

Miles

Sad news indeed. I will echo others here who were surprised he was ill because he always seemed so vigourous and full of energy in interviews in recent years.

His keyboards, 'spidery' and often spooky, were perhaps THE defining sound of the Doors, making the band instantly recognizable on first hearing of any song.

I'll bet Jim Morrison's tracked him down by now in Music Heaven. I imagine his first words to Ray will be, 'So, what kept you?'

cool dove

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Reply #25 posted 05/26/13 11:59pm

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sad He will be missed. I loved his keys.

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