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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Co-Founder of the Doors, DePaul Alum dies

Ray Manzarek is not a retiree.  He is, however, a DePaul alum who graduated with a degree in Economics.  He is also the founding member of The Doors whose piercing electric organ sound defined their career-establishing hit "Light My Fire" and most of the group's cornerstone songs.  Ray and Jim Morrison decided to form a band built around Morrison's poetry and Manzarek's music.  He passed away Monday in Germany after a lengthy batter with bile duct cancer.  He was 74.

Click here for a "Light my Fire" musical tribute.

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