She received much media attention for stalking talk show host David Letterman and retired astronaut Story Musgrave.
Bill committed suicide by driving his car into a tree in 1973 while David died of intentional carbon monoxide poisoning in 1977.
She was driving late-night talk show host David Letterman's Porsche, stolen from his driveway, with her three-year-old son Alex.
However, in an interview with Barbara Walters, Letterman noted he never mentioned Ray's name on the air, and said that he had great compassion for her, often declining to press criminal charges against her.
[4] During her jail and hospital stays, Ray was prescribed antipsychotic drugs to treat her schizophrenia, which improved her condition.
She settled in Hotchkiss, Colorado, living on Social Security disability benefits and performing odd jobs.
[1] On October 5 that year, she took her own life by kneeling on the tracks in front of an oncoming Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad train.
"[2] Ray's body was cremated and her family scattered her ashes in Needle Rock Natural Area near Crawford, Colorado.
[1] Musgrave publicly expressed sympathy upon her death, describing her as a "creative genius" and stating that he felt as if he had lost a relative.