A paedophile and rapist ex-DJ died in Strangeways prison following a battle with cancer, an inquest has heard.
Ray Teret, 79, died on the medical wing at HMP Manchester on May 5 of last year.
He was jailed for 25 years in 2014 for a string of historical sex offences against 11 women.
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Teret, also known as Raymond Terrett, had been found guilty by a jury of raping and indecently assaulting impressionable teenage girls over a 35-year period from the 1960s onwards.
He was convicted of seven rapes and 11 indecent assaults.
Teret was mentored by TV presenter Jimmy Savile in the early days of his career, and became known as Savile's 'shadow' and acted as Savile's chauffeur.
An inquest at Manchester Coroners Court this week (February 2) heard that Teret had been diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer while in prison.
His condition worsened and he had been receiving palliative care.
A 'do not resuscitate' order was in place when he was found unresponsive in bed during a routine medical check at about 11.15pm on May 4.
He was pronounced dead by paramedics in the early hours of the following morning.
In a statement read out in court, Dr Alex Adelakun, from North Manchester General Hospital, gave Teret's cause of death as 'advanced terminal colon cancer'.
At the inquest, Teret's occupation was given as 'a professional DJ', who ran his own business.
Recording his verdict, assistant coroner John Hobson ruled that Teret had died from 'natural causes'.
He said he was satisfied he had received the 'most appropriate' standard of care for his illness.
No next of kin were present at the brief hearing.
