Editing Ray Manzarek (section)

{{short description|American keyboardist (1939–2013)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Ray Manzarek
| image              = The Doors (1971) (cropped).png
| alt                = Close up photo of Ray Manzarek looking into the camera, wearing glasses and hair parted to the side.
| caption            = Manzarek in 1971
| birth_name         = {{nowrap|Raymond Daniel Manczarek 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
| occupation         = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| years_active       = 1959–2013
| spouse             = {{marriage|Dorothy Aiko Fujikawa|December 21, 1967}}
| children           = 1
| parents            = 
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed            = yes
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite news |first=Brendan |last=Hornbostel |date=May 24, 2013 |title=UCLA Alumnus and the Doors Keyboard Legend Dies at 74 |url=https://dailybruin.com/2013/05/24/ucla-alumnus-and-the-doors-keyboard-legend-dies-at-74 |newspaper=[[Daily Bruin]] |access-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref>|[[jazz fusion]]<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Barbara |last=Charone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ray-manzarek-opens-a-new-door-jazz-188754/ |title=Ray Manzarek Opens a New Door: Jazz |date=August 15, 1974 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>}}
| instrument       = {{hlist|Keyboards|vocals}}
| label            = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]<br>[[A&M Records]]
| associated_acts  = {{hlist|
[[The Doors]]|[[Iggy Pop]]|[[Manzarek–Krieger]]|[[Rick & the Ravens]]|[[Nite City]]|The Manzarek–Rogers Band}}
 }}
}}

'''Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr.''' ({{ne}} '''Manczarek'''; February 12, 1939&nbsp;– May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the rock band [[the Doors]], co-founding the group in 1965 with fellow [[UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television|UCLA Film School]] graduate [[Jim Morrison]]. Manzarek is credited for his innovative playing and abilities on [[Organ (music)|organ]]-style keyboard instruments.

Manzarek was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1993 as a Doors member. He was a co-founding member of [[Nite City]] from 1977 to 1978 and of [[Manzarek–Krieger]] from 2001 until he died in 2013. ''[[USA Today]]'' described him as "one of the best keyboardists ever".<ref name="Cava" />