Later Years and Death
Ray drank regularly, and in 1960 he was hospitalized for tuberculosis. He recovered but continued drinking and was diagnosed with cirrhosis at age fifty.
On February 24, 1990, Ray died of liver failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He is buried at Hopewell Cemetery near Hopewell, Oregon.
For his contribution to the recording industry, Johnnie Ray has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard.
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