Actor Wendell Pierce, a Julliard graduate and New Orleans native best known for his role of Bunk on “The Wire,” tweeted, “With the deepest and most profound sadness, I grieve the passing of a true jazz master, icon of our culture, historic in the story of New Orleans, and profound in his influence in the evolution of music along with many lives. Father. Mentor. Teacher. Genius. RIP Ellis Marsalis.”
Jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis dies after being hospitalized with coronavirus symptoms
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