Ellis Marsalis, Jazz Patriarch, Dies At 85 After Battle With Coronavirus, Son Says

(NEW ORLEANS) — Ellis Marsalis Jr., jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan that includes famed performer sons Wynton and Branford, has died after battling pneumonia brought by the new coronavirus, one of his sons said late Wednesday. He was 85. Ellis Marsalis III confirmed in a phone interview with The Associated Press that his father’s death was brought about by the virus that is causing the global pandemic. “Pneumonia was the actual thing that caused his demise.

 

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