RAY COLUMBUS 4 November 1942 - 29 November 2016

Ray Columbus died at his Auckland residence in November 2016 aged 74, after a "four year battle with ill health". He had been in poor health since his heart attack in 2004.
Raymond John Patrick "Ray" Columbus OBE (4 November 1942 - 29 November 2016) was a New Zealand singer, television host, music manager and entertainer, with a career spanning six decades. As the lead singer of Ray Columbus & the Invaders his most well known hit was "She's A Mod" released in 1964. This became a number one hit in Australia, the first song from a New Zealand group to reach the top of the charts in another country. He had also been a solo artist, television host, and diversified into music management. In the late 1990s he managed the rock band Zed. Columbus was toured with The Rolling Stones and Roy Orbison.
Columbus suffered a heart attack in 2004, and a stroke in 2007 that left him partially paralysed. In April 2014, he was reported to be terminally ill, from an immune deficiency condition caused from medication

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