James Arthur Ray, 67, Self-Help Guide Whose Retreat Became Deadly, Dies
James Arthur Ray, an Oprah-endorsed motivational speaker who spent two years in prison for manslaughter after the 2009 deaths of three people in a sweat lodge, the culmination of a three-day spiritual program he ran in the Arizona desert, died on Jan. 3 in Henderson, Nev. He was 67. His brother, Jon Ray, announced the…