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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 03:52 PM
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Music Patriarch Marsalis Sr. Dies
:cry:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=8&u=/ap/20040922/ap_en_mu/obit_marsalis

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Ellis Sr., who died Sunday, was involved in the civil rights movement through ownership of a motel in suburban New Orleans whose guests included the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., New York congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr., future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and musician Ray Charles.

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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 03:58 PM
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1. How sad.. He was a beautiful player.
I have a couple of his discs. Nice stuff.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 04:23 PM
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2. So sad.
I hate to lose these old musicians. Sorry news, thanks for letting us know.
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MasonJar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-22-04 04:27 PM
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3. What an exceptional musical family. I have Ellis' picture up in
my Music Humanities classroom (Marsalis too.)
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