If ever there was a sonic siren that could compete with Jim Morrison's haunting vocals, it was the piercing, throbbing wail of Doors' keyboardist Ray Manzarek's Vox Continental organ. That sound has been silenced with Manzarek's death Monday in
Ray Manzarek, the founding keyboardist for the Doors, passed away this morning in Germany, according to a statement from his publicist. The cause was bile duct cancer.
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Ray Manzarek — who co-founded "The Doors" with Jim Morrison in 1965 and played keyboard — has died, this according to the band's official Facebook page.…
Mr. Manzarek, who founded the band with Jim Morrison, died on Monday afternoon at a clinic in Rosenheim, Germany.
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