Ray Charles R.I.P.
Reports are circulating that Ray Charles has passed away.
It was reported a few weeks earlier that he was in the final stages of Liver Cancer.
He was one of the great ones...
UPDATE: Info is now available online.
This is from the
Detroit Free Press:
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Ray Charles, master of music who combined blues, gospel, country, dies at 73
Ray Charles, the Grammy-winning crooner who blended gospel and blues in such crowd-pleasers as ``What'd I Say'' and heartfelt ballads like ``Georgia on My Mind,'' died Thursday, a spokesman said. He was 73.
bq. Charles died at his Beverly Hills home surrounded by family and friends, said spokesman Jerry Digney.
bq. Charles last public appearance was alongside Clint Eastwood on April 30, when the city of Los Angeles designated the singer's studios, built 40 years ago in central Los Angeles, as a historic landmark.
Posted by DaveH at June 10, 2004 12:43 PM