Ray Lynch, an American musician and songwriter known for “Celestial Soda Pop,” died on December 22, 2025, in California at the age of 82 from complications from a fall.
Born Raymond Augustus Lynch on July 3, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah, he was a guitarist, lutenist, keyboardist, and composer whose new-age releases in the 1980s included the album “Deep Breakfast” and the 1983 release “The Sky of Mind.” He also performed on the lute in New York’s Renaissance Quartette in the late 1960s before later working in California.
Raymond Augustus Lynch (July 3, 1943 – December 22, 2025) was an American guitarist, lutenist, keyboardist, and composer known for his new-age releases in the 1980s.