Mothers of Invention Co-Founder Ray Collins Dies

12/28/2012
. The Frank Zappa music family has suffered another loss. Mothers of Invention co-founder Ray Collins died on Christmas eve in Pomona, California.

Collins had been hospitalized since December 18 after suffering a massive heart attack, and was removed from life support on Saturday.

Collins was the singer who invited a young Frank Zappa to join the Soul Giants, the band that eventually would become the Mothers of Invention.

You can read an extensive 2009 feature and interview with Collins that covers a lot of his story here.

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