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Ray Charles Trivia
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- At the time of his death, a feature film originally entitled "Unchain My Heart, the Ray Charles Story" (renamed for release as Ray (2004/I)), starring Jamie Foxx, was being completed.
- Attended school at the St. Augustine School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, Florida as a charity case; he learned how to read Braille, as well as to write music and play various instruments.
- Dropped the "Robinson" from his name as a young performer to avoid confusion with boxer Sugar Ray Robinson.
- He struggled with a heroin addiction for nearly 20 years before quitting cold turkey in 1965 after an arrest at the Boston airport.
- Awarded the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award, in 1998.
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