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Thursday, September 23, 2004

Jazz Family Patriarch Marsalis Dies in New Orleans

Ellis Marsalis Sr., patriarch of the family of jazz greats that includes his grandsons Wynton and Branford, died over the weekend at the age of 96, a New Orleans funeral home said on Wednesday.

Marsalis, who took an active role in the civil rights movement, died at an area hospital on Sunday, the funeral home said.
[Reuters]

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