The keyboardist, whose snaky Vox organ solos were as much a part of the band's sound as Jim Morrison’s Beat poet vocals, met Morrison while they both attended UCLA’s film school in the early ‘60s. By ...

Possibly the most famous and influential keyboardist in the history of rock, Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek, died yesterday at age 74 from complications due to bile-duct cancer. Known as the lanky ...

Way back in 1965, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and some hippie poet named Jim Morrison formed The Doors. The Doors would go on to become one of the most popular and iconic bands of the 60’s. Mazarek’s ...

THR's music editor recalls a ride through wine country with Ray Manzarek. The rocker and lifelong movie lover died on May 20 after a battle with bile duct cancer. By Shirley Halperin Ray Manzarek ...

After The Doors’ split, Manzarek recorded a number of solo and collaborative projects, and also formed the short-lived band Nite City. Manzarek and the two other surviving Doors members—guitarist ...

Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for the Doors and an original member of the band, has died, the Associated Press reports. Manzarek had been suffering from bile duct cancer. He passed away in Rosenheim, ...

Ray Manzarek’s most famous keyboard solo was inspired not by rock ’n’ roll, but by John Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things.” The keyboardist riffed on the jazz tune to fill out “Light My Fire,” the 1967 ...

Ray Manzarek, who studied economics in college but cherished music and met with Jim Morrison on a California beach one fateful day in 1965 to help create The Doors, died Monday at a clinic in ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group ...

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says Manzarek died Monday at the ...