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Mel Leavitt (né Mahlon Tirre Leavitt) was a local historian and broadcast journalist that served the New Orleans, Louisiana, market from 1949 until near the time of his death in 1997 at age 70. His 35-year broadcast career was primarily at WDSU-TV, a New Orleans television station.
Grandpa Elliott was born as Elliot Small on July 10, 1944 in New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] [2] Growing up in the Lafitte Housing Projects, Small developed a love of music as a young boy, in part to deal with the pains of an unhappy home life.
Jaquelyn Brechtel “Jackie” Clarkson, a former Louisiana legislator and three-term New Orleans City Council member who was the mother of Academy Award-nominated actor Patricia Clarkson, has ...
Frank Schalow (February 23, 1956 – May 25, 2024) was an American philosopher, professor of philosophy, and university research professor at the University of New Orleans. He is known for his exegesis of Martin Heidegger 's writings, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and was a co-editor of the journal Heidegger Studies .
Vincent Joseph Marinello (1938/1939 – February 21, 2020) was an American longtime sportscaster who was featured on WWL AM/FM radio and, previously, on WVUE and WDSU in New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] He was later known as a leading media personality, covering aspects of the recovery of the city from the devastation following Hurricane Katrina. [2]
Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson (January 17, 1936 – June 26, 2024) was an American politician who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1994 to 2002 and on the New Orleans City Council from 1990 to 1994, 2002 to 2006, and 2007 to 2013. She had been Honorary consul of Lithuania in New Orleans from December 2014 to her death. [1]
Antoinette Renee Frank (born April 30, 1971) [1] is a former officer of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) who, on March 4, 1995, committed a violent armed robbery at a restaurant which resulted in the killing of two members of the Vietnamese-American family who ran the establishment, and fellow NOPD officer Ronald A. Williams II.
Harry Lee (August 27, 1932 – October 1, 2007) was an American law enforcement officer and folk figure best known as the long-time sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. ...