Jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis dead at 85

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BREAKING: Jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis, described as the patriarch of the first family of jazz, died in New Orleans. He was 85.

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Jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis, educator and father of four noted musicians, died in New Orleans. He was 85.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell called the musician an icon in announcing his death. The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music confirmed his death to NBC News affiliateEllis Marsalis was an icon — and words aren’t sufficient to describe the art, the joy & the wonder he showed the world. May we wrap his family in our love & our gratitude, & may we honor his memory by coming together in spirit— even as the outbreak keeps us apart, for a time.

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Purify_toast17 Dammit!!

Man in Japan died of coronavirus. He was 107yo. Damn you coronavirus.

R.I.P.

Please say it wasn't The Rona, what took him.☹️

Damn you 2020.

So sad

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