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Ray Charles

( Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times )

Ray Charles performs Feb. 9, 2002, at the Universal Amphitheatre, which has since been renamed the Gibson Amphitheatre. Charles died at age 73 in Beverly Hills on June 10, 2004, after a long battle with cancer.

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