Career
Cox, who was gay, is perhaps best known for his collaboration within The Violet Quill. He later went on to become senior editor of Ballantine Books. He was also a man of the theatre.
He appeared in William Shakespeare"s Two Gentlemen of Verona, and later worked at the Jean Cocteau Theater, New York City.
He died of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in 1990. His birth name was Ray Cox Junior.