A sound engineer to Ray Charles who is charged with stealing 300 original master recordings had become embroiled in a dispute with the singer’s estate, it emerged today.

Ray Charles, a talent who erased musical boundaries between the sacred and the secular with hits such as “What’d I Say”, “Georgia on My Mind” and “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” died at age 73.

RAY CHARLES, the Grammy-winning blues singer who blended gospel and blues in classics such as What'd I Say, Hit the Road, Jack, and heartfelt ballads like Georgia on My Mind, died yesterday. He was 73.

Ray Charles, the Grammy-winning crooner who blended gospel and blues in classics such as “What’d I Say” and heartfelt ballads like “Georgia on My Mind,” died today. He was 73.