Heavenly Ray!

The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin ^ | 6/13/2004 | Self

[Clara Lou]

Thanks for everything, Ray!

[cartoonistx]

Babby, wh'd I say?!

[catpuppy]

"All the world, is sad, sad and lonely now, everywhere I roam; Keep a tell ya my darlin', how my heart is growin' sad, so sad and lonely, because I'm so far, so far from my folks back home ...."

[Military family member]

Click for this wonderful tribute to the souls of 9/11 by Ray Charles.

[CMailBag]

All I can say right now is WOW. That was great, THANKS

[Arpege92]

I love the way he sings that song! I'm going to miss him.

[stboz]

I was traveling on business Friday and after SAM28000 lifted off, the station I was listening to played Ray's rendition of "America, The Beautiful." I had to stop and wipe the tears from my eyes. We have been blessed with treasures far greater than gold.

[BooBoo1000]

We we privileged to hear Ray perform live, one time, and he was really a showman. He overcame many obsticles that would have taken down a lesser person, but Ray just kept on keeping on. I bet he gets to play for the Sunday Service in Heaven.

[stboz]

Now THAT service would ROCK!!

[stboz]

I want to say something else about Ray Charles. I never once saw him without a smile on his face. What an incredible guy!

[CyberAnt]

I like the comment somebody made when they heard Ray Charles had passed away .. God called him home to entertain the BIG MAN who had just arrived.

[gargoyle]

...You said it...

...I remember him being on SNL, and Dan Ackroyd was Tom Snyder. He was interviewing Charles, and one of the questions was, "There was a movie, Ray, about a deaf and blind girl, Helen Keller, and what she acomplished in life. Did you see that movie Ray"? RC said, "No Tom, I didn't see that one". He played it perfectly. RIP, Ray Charles...