The time was right for someone like Gene Anthony Ray to take his place in the spotlight. It was the spring of 1980 when Fame was released to movie theaters.Disco was dead. MTV was yet to be born.

The time was right for Gene Anthony Ray to take the spotlight. It was the spring of 1980 when Fame was released to movie theaters.Disco was dead. MTV was yet to be born. Off The Wall, Michael ...

Eugene (Gene) Anthony 83 of Spotswood passed away Saturday, March 19th at Hackensack Meridian Medical Center in Old Bridge. Gene was predeceased by his wife Patricia, his parents Joseph and ...

Gene Anthony Ray, who died on Friday in New York City aged 41, leapt to stardom as Leroy Johnson, the electric dancer from Harlem in Alan Parker's film Fame (1980). Fame was a cleverly edited ...

Actor and dancer Gene Anthony Ray, best known for his role as Leroy Johnson in the film and TV series Fame, has died aged 41 of complications from a stroke. Ray, who was also HIV positive, died last ...

Gene Anthony Ray, who starred as Leroy, a street-smart urban teenager, in the 1980 movie Fame and the later TV series, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 41. The cause was complications of a strok… ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — The beloved owner of the iconic Chicago steakhouse Gene and Georgetti in River North has died. In a statement from the restaurant, Anthony Aldo Durpetti died earlier this week at ...

The time was right for someone like Gene Anthony Ray to take his place in the spotlight. It was the spring of 1980 when Fame was released to movie theaters.Disco was dead. MTV was yet to be born.