RECENT CREDITS
On the Record With Bob Costas (TV)  Apr. 25, 2001
Saturday Night Live (TV)  Nov. 12, 1977
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HIGHLIGHTS
At age 5, he witnessed his younger brother George drown in a washtub.
Became permanently blind from glaucoma at age 7.
Learned to read and compose music in Braille.
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Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice   -Himself
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Saturday Night Live  
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Highlights

At age 5, he witnessed his younger brother George drown in a washtub.
Became permanently blind from glaucoma at age 7.
Learned to read and compose music in Braille.
Dropped Robinson from his last name to distinguish himself from boxer Sugar Ray Robinson.
His rendition of "Georgia on My Mind" was named Georgia's state song in 1979.


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