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Thomas Blakey, the 94-year-old veteran who volunteered at the National World War II Museum for 15 years, passed away at his New Orleans home on Jan.…
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New Orleans' first black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial, is being reburied 25 years after his death.The Morials have bought a new family tomb in St. Louis…
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It’s a bit of a blue Christmas in New Iberia.Some people are complaining that the city’s Christmas lights are too subdued this year.But the blue lights…
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Former New Orleans civil rights activist Rudy Lombard has died.He was 75.The one-time mayoral candidate’s conviction for a sit-in at a Canal Street store…
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University of New Orleans professor and New Orleans historian Michael Mizell-Nelson died this week at the age of 49. Nelson was an avid scholar of the…
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Disability advocate, mayoral candidate and comedian Jonah Bascle has died.The New Orleans Advocate reports that Bascle died of heart failure on Tuesday.He…
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A NOTE FROM ON POINT: We’re sad to share the news that Tom Ashbrook’s wife, Danielle Guichard-Ashbrook, has died after a long, brave battle with cancer.…
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Tom Magliozzi who, along with his brother Ray, hosted NPR’s hit comedy show Car Talk for the last 37 years, died Monday morning, November 3, 2014, from…
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Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., a son of congressional royalty who evolved into a top-tier lobbyist and prolific Democratic fundraiser and embodied what it meant…