Life magazine photographer Bill Ray – in pictures
Bill Ray, primarily known for his work for Life magazine, has died aged 84. Born in Nebraska in 1936, he graduated from local newspapers to a staff job on Life, and photographed 46 covers for Newsweek. He was famed for his images of celebrities, and also covered the Hells Angels motorcycle club and the aftermath of the Watts riots
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Ray Charles performing at Carnegie Hall in New York, 1966
Photograph: The Life Picture Collection/Getty Images
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The Beatles arriving at Los Angeles airport on their second US tour, 1965
Photograph: The Life Picture Collection/Getty Images
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Children in the Watts neighbourhood of Los Angeles, 1966. The graffiti on the store front indicates black ownership and support of violence, in the wake of the Watts riots
Photograph: The Life Picture Collection/Getty Images
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Hell Angels of San Bernardino cruise north towards Bakersfield, California, 1965
Photograph: Bill Ray/Life/Courtesy of Monroe Gallery
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Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to President John F Kennedy from the stage at Madison Square Garden, three months before her death, 1962
Photograph: Courtesy of Monroe Gallery
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Ronald Reagan campaigning as a gubernatorial candidate, flanked by a young protester, 1966
Photograph: The Life Picture Collection/Getty Images
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A group of amputee Vietnam veterans in hospital in San Francisco, 1967
Photograph: The Life Picture Collection/Getty Images
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Private Elvis Presley combing his hair, 1958
Photograph: Courtesy of Monroe Gallery
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A pair of ‘Old Ladies’, the girlfriends of members of a Hells Angels motorcycle club, walk past bikers seated on the ground outside the Blackboard Cafe, Bakersfield, California, 1965
Photograph: The Life Picture Collection/Getty Images
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Andy Warhol with a polaroid camera, New York, 1980
Photograph: Courtesy of Monroe Gallery
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Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen rehearsing on set for the Thomas Crown Affair, 1967
Photograph: The Life Picture Collection/The Life Picture Collection via Getty Images
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Bill Ray aged 11 with a Speed Graphic camera, 1947
Photograph: Courtesy of Monroe Gallery
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