Sad death of Mark Ray

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philip

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Nov 11, 2009, 10:28:42 AM11/11/09
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To all who may not yet have heard;

With great sadness, Cadac Holdings Ltd today announced the sudden and
tragic death, at the age of 49, of Mark Ray. Mark died of a heart
attack in the early hours of Monday 9th November 2009, whilst visiting
New York.

Mark fronted Cadac's sales and marketing activity around the world for
9 years, joining Cadac in November 2000.

Cadac's Bob Thomas said: "We are all devastated, losing a good friend
as well as a colleague. Mark gave every element of his life 100%, as a
passionate advocate for Cadac, as a gifted musician and as an active
contributor to the pro-audio industry. Our heartfelt condolences go out
to Mark's family and friends. All of us at Cadac will miss him
enormously."

After serving in the Army, Mark's career had included spells at FCN,
Gibson USA, Adam Hall and 3G prior to joining Cadac.

Mark is survived by the daughters of his first marriage, Nicola and
Louise.

Philip Jones
Digital Design Manager
cadac holdings ltd
(+44)1582 404202

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Jim vanBergen

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Nov 11, 2009, 10:43:46 AM11/11/09
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Philip, I'm in shock. Thank you for sharing this. I was expecting to meet with him this week. 
Our deepest condolences to his family and all at Cadac. 

Jim van Bergen
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philip

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Nov 11, 2009, 10:55:57 AM11/11/09
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Jim,
 
I'm so sorry to hit you with this news so bluntly and in a public forum. I know a lot of people have been ringing around privately since Monday morning (UK time) and I guess I assumed that most people who were close, or who had meetings set up had already heard. Today the company has made this formal press announcement so I added it to the list here.
 
As you can imagine, we are all shocked and deeply saddened.

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Steven Brown

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Nov 12, 2009, 7:17:12 AM11/12/09
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All of us here at the Royal Exchange Theatre have remained deeply
shocked and saddened since we received this news. We’ve been working
closely with Mark over the past few years and he was here, in
Manchester, just few days before he left for New York and was due to
be back with us next week, on his return.

Mark cared deeply about Cadac and the users of their equipment and he
also remained extremely loyal to both during the recent restructuring
of the company. I will personally miss our long chats about ‘proper’
music and football, he became a good friend.

He’ll be sadly missed.

Steve

Steven Brown

Head of Sound - Royal Exchange Theatre Company
Sound Design Curator - Prague Quadrennial 2011
Head of Sound Design Working Group – OISTAT

http://www.listenhear.co.uk
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