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Ray Lankester (1950) | 1932 - 2019

Ray Lankester (1950) | 1932 - 2019

With regret, we inform you that much-loved husband to Diana and father to Michele, Richard and Brett, William Ray Lankester passed away on the 23rd of May at age 86 in Plettenberg Bay. 
 

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