Remembering Ray Hicks A man folklorists regarded as the patriarch of American storytelling died Sunday. Ray Hicks was 80 when the cancer he battled for years finally took him. Commentator Bill Harley knew Ray Hicks and has this appreciation.

Remembering Ray Hicks

Remembering Ray Hicks

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A man folklorists regarded as the patriarch of American storytelling died Sunday. Ray Hicks was 80 when the cancer he battled for years finally took him. Commentator Bill Harley knew Ray Hicks and has this appreciation.