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Birth!
Ray Charles is born in Albany, Georgia at the begnning of the great derprssion -
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Ray Charles Life span
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Blindness
Ray is diagnosed completely blind at age 7 -
Abandoned
At the age of 15 Rays parents left him and he became an orphan -
Schooling
Ray began to attend a school for the blind in Florida -
A New Start
After his schooling Ray moved to Seattle Washington to start his music career -
First Song
Ray recoreded his first hit and began a lifelong friendshiip with Guincy Jones -
Foundation
The Ray Charles Foundation is created to support people with hearing and sight disorders -
Death!
Ray died in his California home of Liver Cancer