Ray Charles, Bluesy Essence of Soul, Is Dead at 73

Ray Charles, the piano man with the bluesy voice who reshaped American music for a half-century, bringing the essence of soul to country, jazz, rock, standards and every other style of music he touched, died yesterday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 73.

Mr. Charles, on the balcony of his suite at the Claridge Hotel,
overlooking the Champs Élysée in Paris in the 1960's.

J-Walk posted this joke.

Logical proof that Ray Charles is God: 1. God is Love. 2. Love is Blind. 3. Ray Charles is Blind. Therefore: Ray Charles is God.

I can accept that.