Article: Fans line up for Ray Charles memorial viewing in Los Angeles

ANTHONY BREZNICAN, AP Entertainment Writer
AP Worldstream
06-17-2004
Dateline: LOS ANGELES
Fans of the late Ray Charles lined up Thursday to say goodbye to the influential singer of "Georgia On My Mind" and "What'd I Say" during a public viewing at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The Grammy-winning musician, who died last week at 73, lay in an open casket wearing his trademark dark glasses, adjacent to a baby grand piano with sheet music from some of his songs.

The music was all Charles. Such favorites as "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Born to Lose" played as mourners walked a long red carpet past his casket.

His initials were spelled out in a giant R and C made from white chrysanthemums ...

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