Ray was born in Leeds, UK on November 21, 1932. He is much loved and will always be remembered by all his friends and family. Ray was in full health before he sadly broke his hip on the 31St October 2010. He was rushed to hospital and had emergency surgery. He was on the mend when on Thursday 4th November, a Nurse in the ward he was in at Dewsbury and District Hospital spotted his abdomen getting progressively larger. he went straight for a scan but the doctors found nothing. At 4am on the 5th November, he had a heart attack and sadly passed away. This was a shock to everyone.