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"&lt;img alt=\"0520-ray-manzarek-getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/05/20/0520-ray-manzarek-getty-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ray Manzarek&lt;/strong&gt; -- who co-founded \"&lt;strong&gt;The Doors&lt;/strong&gt;\" with &lt;strong&gt;Jim Morrison&lt;/strong&gt; in 1965 and played keyboard -- has died, this according to the band's official Facebook page. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manzarek was 74. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the website, Manzarek passed away today at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the time of his death, Ray was surrounded by his wife Dorothy and his brothers Rick and James.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Along with Jim ... Ray and The Doors churned out some of the most iconic rock songs in history -- including, \"L.A. Woman,\" \"Break On Through to the Other Side,\" \"The End,\" \"Hello, I Love You,\" and \"Light My Fire.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doors' guitarist Robby Krieger released a statement saying, \"I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He added, \"I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the band's official Facebook page ... Ray's family has asked that in lieu of flowers, fans should make an in memoriam donation in Ray's name to &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.standup2cancer.org/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Standup2cancer.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R.I.P.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today on TMZ Live, Harvey reminisced about the time he met Ray 15 years ago -- and completely embarrassed himself in the process. Really funny story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2013/05/20/ray-manzarek-the-doors-dead-photos-through-the-years/\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0520_ray_manzarek_remembering_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/05/20/0520-ray-manzarek-remembering-footer-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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