The Doors' Ray Manzarek dies at 74

The Doors' Ray Manzarek dies at 74
Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him."
December 10, 2013 -- Updated 1346 GMT (2146 HKT)
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Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek
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Jeffrey Ian Pollack, who directed the popular 1990s films "Booty Call" and "Above the Rim" and
produced "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" has died. John W.V. "I'm just glad to have been able to have
played Doors songs with him for the last decade. We'll change.' (The producer) looked at Jim and
said, 'You're the poet. Cordice was 95.
Manzarek is survived by his brothers Rick and James, his wife Dorothy, his son Pablo, and three
grandchildren. He was 38.
CNN's Denise Quan and Todd Leopold contributed to this report.
Then the Doors went out and did the song exactly as they always did. She was 90.
Actor Paul Walker, who shot to fame as star of the high-octane street racing franchise "Fast &
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flowers, the family's asked that a donation be made in Manzarek's name at
www.standup2cancer.org.
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Manzarek went on to produce the Los Angeles punk band X. He was smart enough to realize that the
band had the arrangements all worked out."
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian gun designer whose AK-47 rifle became the weapon of choice for
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The Doors' founding keyboardist Ray Manzarek has died
Manzarek, 74, was suffering from bile duct cancer
The musician "went for performance" as a producer, bassist of punk band X said in 2004

Paul F. Bassist John Doe said the band learned a lot from him.

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The artist had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer.
Actor Daniel Escobar, who played a teacher in "Lizzie McGuire," died from complications of diabetes
in Los Angeles. A show producer approached them in the dressing room shortly before they were to
perform, Manzarek recalled in an interview with CNN in 2002.
Joseph Ruskin died of natural causes in a Santa Monica, California, hospital. He was 40.
Actor James Avery, who played the beloved Uncle Phil on the hit 1990s sitcom "The Fresh Prince of
Bel-Air," has died. He was 83.

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May 21, 2013 -- Updated 1914 GMT (0314 HKT)
"To have someone like Ray -- like rock 'n' roll royalty -- embrace what we do, it was great for our
confidence," Doe told CNN in a 2004 interview. Sullivan was so furious he didn't even shake their
hands.
" 'Yes, sir,' we told him," he recalls. He was 67.
Actor Peter O'Toole died peacefully in a hospital at 81 years old.
People we lost in 2013: The lives they lived

"I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today,"
said Doors guitarist Robby Krieger. "'Whatever you say, sir. He went for performance. "In the studio,
he knew what to try to do. Martin Luther King after he was stabbed in Harlem in 1958, died in Iowa.
The legendary rock group went on to sell 100 million albums worldwide, establishing five
multiplatinum discs in the U.S.
Morrison died in 1971, but Manzarek carried on The Doors' legacy, continuing to work as a musician
and an author.
Actress Eleanor Parker, nominated for three Oscars and known for her "Sound of Music" role, died
Monday at 91, her family said.
Dr. The thing together with aluminum doors is that they are extremely cheap to purchase and install.
Crouch, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, died at age 79.
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Ned Vizzini, who shot to fame at a young age for his teenage novels focusing on youth depression
and anxieties, committed suicide at age 32.
Al Goldstein, the foul-mouthed publisher of Screw magazine and pornography pioneer died in New

York. She was 96.
The Doors formed in 1965 after Manzarek happened to meet Jim Morrison on California's Venice
Beach. He was 54.
The band famously defied Ed Sullivan's request that they not sing the lyric "higher" when they
performed "Light My Fire" on his show in 1969. He was 77.
(CNN) -- The Doors' founding keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, died in Germany Monday after a long fight
with cancer, his publicist said in a statement. He was 84.
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died at age 87, his agent said.
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shooting.
Manzarek remembers the band publicly agreeing like choirboys.
Jane Kean, who played diverse roles during a long career but was best known as Trixie on the TV
revival of "The Honeymooners," has died
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