Below are some links to external sites that mention the loss of Ray, including his obituary in The Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jan/31/ray-finch-obituary
http://www.studiopottery.co.uk/news_item.php?id=394
http://www.guildcrafts.org.uk/news.htm
http://slipware.blogspot.com/2012/01/ray-finch.html
http://hatchvillepottery.blogspot.com/2012/01/ray-finch-1914-2012.html
http://susansharpeceramics.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/ray-finch-potter/
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Winchcombe-pottery-ace-dies/story-14994608-detail/story.html
http://danfinneganpottery.blogspot.com/2012/01/laborare-est-orare.html
he was a great man and pillar of wisdom .
Yes! Rays transcribed interviews (available online) are sublime. For many they will be a touchstone and testament to substantial and enduring aesthetic and spiritual values grounded in the real world of working for a living.