Coco Robicheaux, 1947-2011

admin · 11-26-2011, 12:31 PM

Last night, Coco Robicheaux ? mystic bluesman, artist and Frenchmen Street fixture ? collapsed while at one of his favorite haunts, the Apple Barrel, and was taken by ambulance to Tulane Medical Center. Word flew on Twitter that Coco had died before the ambulance reached the hospital, but no one wanted to believe it; nevertheless, it was confirmed, and WWOZ-FM, as it does whenever a significant New Orleans musical figure dies, went all-Coco in memoriam.? [ Read more ]

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homerj07 · 11-26-2011, 05:59 PM

Well that sucks!!

strato · 11-26-2011, 06:51 PM

R.I.P...Coco

11-26-2011, 12:31 PM	#1
admin Site Admin Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,971 Blog Entries: 2	Coco Robicheaux, 1947-2011 Last night, Coco Robicheaux ? mystic bluesman, artist and Frenchmen Street fixture ? collapsed while at one of his favorite haunts, the Apple Barrel, and was taken by ambulance to Tulane Medical Center. Word flew on Twitter that Coco had died before the ambulance reached the hospital, but no one wanted to believe it; nevertheless, it was confirmed, and WWOZ-FM, as it does whenever a significant New Orleans musical figure dies, went all-Coco in memoriam.? [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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