Ray Coleman (15 June 1937, Leicester – 10 September 1996, Shepperton) was a British author and music journalist.
[1][2][3] Coleman was the former editor-in-chief of Melody Maker known for his biographies of The Beatles.
Coleman was also near the completion of a Phil Collins biography at the time of his own death in 1996.
[citation needed] Ray Coleman died of kidney cancer on 10 September 1996 at his home in Shepperton, near London.
[1] Coleman wrote or co-wrote the biographies of at least a dozen famous musicians.