February 4 -- Duke Dejan Dies/AC ADAMS INJURED

Harold "Duke" Dejan, 93, a Jazz Player True to New Orleans,

New York Times

Duke Dejan died

Born Feb 4, 1909, in New Orleans. He took clarinet lessons as a child and switched to saxophone. He quit school in the eighth grade to pursue music professionally, joining the Olympia Serenaders and appearing on an early radio show. His first brass band was the Holy Ghost Brass Band. ... Died July 5, 2002 in New Orleans.

Wiki:

Harold Dejan 4 February 1909 - 5 July 2002) was a New Orleans jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader. Dejan is best remembered as leader of the Olympia Brass Band, including during the 1960s and 1970s when it was considered the top band in the city.

In his later years Dejan often appeared at Preservation Hall. He gave up playing saxophone in 1991 due to waning health, but continued as a band leader and singer until shortly before his death.

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AC ADAMS INJURED IN NEW ORLEANS
Hartford Courant
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Has Stroke of Apoplexy and Breaks His Jaw in Fall.

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