# Baby What'd I say?  RIP Ray Charles.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-whatd-i-say-rip-ray-charles/249689>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 10, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-whatd-i-say-rip-ray-charles/249689 "2004-06-10T19:45:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-whatd-i-say-rip-ray-charles/249689/1 "2004-06-10T19:45:21Z")

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CNN is reporting that Ray Charles has died.

Crap.

I saw him at a jazz festival more than 20 years ago (the 80s, anyway). Man, he burned the place up.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-whatd-i-say-rip-ray-charles/249689/2 "2004-06-11T03:03:47Z")

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I’m way more bummed by the death of Ray Charles than by ditto of Ronald Reagan.

However, there’s another thread on this topic, so I’m closing this one. If you’d like to comment on Ray Charles, go to [Ray Charles Dead at 73](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=260884)