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| Born | December 29, 1941 |
| Hometown | Stourport-on-Severn, United Kingdom |
| Height | 5'11" (1.80m) |
| Spouse | Lee Lightle (m 2009 - 2018) |
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Graeme Edge, drummer and wordsmith for the Moody Blues, giants of symphonic rock – obituary
- Graeme Edge, the drummer and songwriter who has died aged 80, was a co-founder of the Moody Blues, who went far beyond their rhythm’n’blues roots; the last surviving touring member of the original line-up, he was the only one of the band to play on every album, and contributed several songs, as well as some fondly remembered if slightly portentous spoken-word passages as they blazed a trail for what became known as “symphonic rock”.
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Family says man killed by deputy was not in his right mind
The sister of an unarmed Houston man fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy said her brother's depression had escalated in the almost two years since his estranged wife allegedly drowned his two young children in her bathtub. Kita Thomas told KPRC-TV in Houston that her brother, Danny Ray Thomas, "was not in his right mind" as she watched cellphone video recorded by civilian witnesses to the March 22 shooting. The deputy had responded to an altercation that started after Thomas was seen wandering
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Ray Thomas obituary
Ray Thomas, a founding member of the Moody Blues, who has died aged 76, played various instruments, including the French horn, oboe, piccolo, harmonica and saxophone, but was best known as the group’s flautist. Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson would become rock’s most flamboyant flute-brandisher.
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Ray Thomas, The Moody Blues member, dies aged 76
Ray Thomas, The Moody Blues member, dies aged 76
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Ray Thomas dead: Moody Blues founding member dies, aged 76
Ray Thomas, a founding member of The Moody Blues, has died at the age of 76. The flautist and vocalist died suddenly on Thursday, his record label confirmed, months before his band were due to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “It is with profound sorrow and sadness that Cherry Red Records and Esoteric Recordings regret to announce that Ray Thomas, founder member, flautist and vocalist of The Moody Blues, passed away suddenly at his home in Surrey on Thursday 4th January 2018,”
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The Moody Blues star Ray Thomas dies aged 76
The Moody Blues star Ray Thomas has died suddenly at the age of 76, his record label has confirmed. Announcing Thomas' death "with profound sorrow and sadness", Cherry Red Records and Esoteric Recordings said: "We are deeply shocked by his passing and will miss his warmth, humour and kindness. Moody Blues bass guitarist John Lodge tweeted: "Ray and I have been on this magical journey through life together since we were 14...two young kids from Birmingham who reached for the stars...and we made
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Ray Thomas of The Moody Blues dies at 76
LONDON (AP) — Ray Thomas, flautist and vocalist for British rock group The Moody Blues, has died at 76.
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US special ops just got 350 kamikaze drones to fight ISIS in Iraq
The drones, called Switchblades, are fired from bazooka-like launchers and have cameras and a cursor-on-target GPS navigation. Special ops forces, whose presence and role in places like Iraq and Syria have steadily grown, say they need newer and bigger drone missiles to blow up bigger targets and quickly hit non-state enemies like ISIS.
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