A DEVOTED mum-of-two who just recently took up a post in the Covid-19 assessment centre at Airdrie health centre has passed away from the virus.
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Ellis Marsalis has sadly passed away at age 85 due to complications from coronavirus.
Variety confirmed the news with one of Ellis‘ sons, Branford.
“My dad was a giant of a musician and teacher, but an even greater father. He poured everything he had into making us the best of what we could be. And to quote my friend and Harvard Law professor David Wilkins, who just sent me the following text, ‘We can all marvel at the sheer audacity of a man who believed he could teach his black boys to be
A DEVOTED mum-of-two who just recently took up a post in the Covid-19 assessment centre at Airdrie health centre has passed away from the virus.
Applauding well-wishers lined the streets during their exercise hour last week as the hearse carrying a beloved Castlemilk dad, grandpa and “great friend,” who tragically lost his life to COVID-19 passed by.
Hilary Heath, the English actress and producer who was best known for her role in Vincent Price starrer horror film Witchfinder General, passed away at the age of 74 due to Coronavirus. Her godson Alex Williams announced the news on Facebook. “We lost my wonderful Godmother Hilary Heath to COVID-19 last week,” the post wrote. In addition to Witchfinder General, Heath’s other acting credits included films like The Oblong Box and Cry of the Banshee.
A tourist riverboat calliope blasted hymn and gospel tunes across New Orleans’ French Quarter on Friday as a tribute to the late jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis.Marsalis, who taught generations of jazz players, including four of his six sons, died Wednesday of pneumonia brought on by COVID-19.On Friday, a medley including “How Great Thou Art” and “I’ll Fly Away” climaxed with “When the Saints Go Marching In” and the “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.Most of the city has been
NEW ORLEANS -- A tourist riverboat calliope blasted hymn and gospel tunes across New Orleans' French Quarter on Friday as a tribute to the late jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis.
Jazz veteran Ellis Marsalis Jr. died on Wednesday after losing his battle against coronavirus.
Ellis Marsalis, the New Orleans jazz pianist and patriarch of an accomplished family of musicians, has died. The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music confirmed his death to NBC News. Branford Marsalis said his father died of COVID-19 complications. He was 85.
American pianist Ellis Marsalis has passed away at the age of 85 after contracting COVID-19. The father of renowned musicians, Wynton and Branford Marsalis was suffering from pneumonia, caused by Coronavirus, one of his sons told the Associated Press. “Pneumonia was the actual thing that caused his demise," Ellis Marsalis III said. "But it was pneumonia brought on by COVID-19," he added.