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Blaine Kern Sr., known as “Mr. Mardi Gras,” has died at the age of 93.Kern was the second of three generations of Kerns to run Kern Studios, which builds…
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John Pope has built a reputation in New Orleans by writing about local luminaries and unsung heroes after their deaths. In this second and final…
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John Pope covered several different beats over more than 4 decades at the Times-Picayune. But he’s best-known as the city’s pre-eminent writer of…
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It was Reed who came up with the group's name. Starting in the '50s, the group had hits such as Only You and Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.