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Son: Jazz great Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85; fought virus

| April 2, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan, died late Wednesday after battling pneumonia brought on by the new coronavirus, leaving six sons and a deep legacy. He was 85.

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