What is Ray Rayner?
[[File:Ray Rayner Show 1968.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Rayner in 1968]] '''Ray Rayner''' (born '''Raymond M. Rahner'''; July 23, 1919 &ndash; January 21, 2004) was an American television presenter based in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He was born in [[New York City]]. He was known for working with [[WGN-TV]] and for starring in ''Ray Rayner and His Friends'' as Ray and in ''[[The Bozo Show]]'' as Oliver O. Oliver. Rayner died on January 21, 2004, of complications from [[pneumonia]] in [[Fort Myers, Florida]] at the age of 84.<ref name=Obit>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XDIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RkUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4025,2203012&dq=ray+rayner&hl=en|title=TV Host Rayner Clowned Around|date=23 January 2004|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|access-date=7 February 2011}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category}} *{{IMDb name|id=0713477|name=Ray Rayner}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110629032955/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/wgntv-news-rayner-gallery,0,2104485.photogallery Ray Rayner WGN Photo Gallery] ''Chicago Tribune'' *[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8302247 Ray Raynor - Find A Grave Memorial] {{DEFAULTSORT:Rayner, Ray}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Florida]] [[Category:American television presenters]] [[Category:Television personalities from New York City]] [[Category:Television personalities from Chicago]] {{US-actor-stub}}