What is Ray Manzarek?
{{Infobox musical artist | image = Ray Manzarek in Jan 2007 cropped.jpg | name = Ray Manzarek | caption = Ray Manzarek in 2007 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|02|12}} | birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|05|20|1939|02|12}} | death_place = [[Rosenheim]], [[Germany]] | genre = [[Psychedelic rock]], [[acid rock]], [[blues rock]], [[jazz rock]], [[hard rock]], [[blues]], [[jazz fusion]], [[funk]], [[rock and roll]] | occupation = Musician, songwriter, filmmaker | instrument = Main: Keyboards, [[keyboard bass]], vocals, [[Marxophone]] Occasional: guitar, percussion | years_active = 1961–2013 | label = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] | associated_acts = [[The Doors]]<br />[[Manzarek–Krieger]]<br />[[Rick & the Ravens]]<br />[[Nite City]]<br />The Manzarek–Rogers Band | website = {{URL|http://www.thedoors.com/|TheDoors.com}}<br />{{URL|http://www.raymanzarek.us/|The Official Site of Ray Manzarek}} }} '''Raymond Daniel Manczarek Jr.''' (February 12, 1939&nbsp;– May 20, 2013) known as '''Ray Manzarek''' was an [[Americans|American]] musician, singer, music producer, movie director, and author. == Overview == He was best known as a founding member and keyboardist of [[The Doors]] from 1965 to 1973. He was a co-founding member of [[Nite City]] from 1977 to 1978, and of [[Manzarek–Krieger]] from 2001 to his death. There is a [[1991 in film|1991]] movie about the Doors, also called ''[[The Doors (movie)|The Doors]]''. It was directed by [[Oliver Stone]] and had [[Kyle MacLachlan]] potray Manzarek. Morrison was inducted, as a member of [[The Doors]], into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1993. === Death === On May 20, 2013, Manzarek died from [[bile duct cancer]] at a hospital in [[Rosenheim]], Germany, aged 74.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://thedoors.com/news/ray-manzarek-founding-member-doors-passes-away-74-4872|title = Ray Manzarek, Founding Member of The Doors, Passes Away at 74|publisher =