Rock Cartoonist Ray Lowry Dies 1944-2008

• 17th Oct 2008

RAY LOWRY DIES
Cartoonist Ray Lowry, famed for his cover art for The Clash's seminal 1979 album 'London Calling', has died at the age of 64. The Salford-born artist, who had been ill for a number of years, was found dead at his home in Waterfoot, Lancashire, on Tuesday.

Lowry, who during the course of his career contributed to publications like Punch, Private Eye and NME, met The Clash at a Sex Pistols gig in Manchester, and the band invited him to join them on tour, which led to his designing the aforementioned artwork.

An exhibition of Lowry's work is currently on show at the See Gallery in Rawenstall in Lancashire. Curator Julian Williams said: “Ray was regarded as Britain's best rock cartoonist, but he was also a very, very intelligent man, commenting on religion and politics as well as music”.