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Ellis Marsalis perfoms on April 28, 2019, during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Ellis Marsalis perfoms on April 28, 2019, during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

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Jazz pianist, professor and family patriarch Ellis Marsalis Jr. dies at 85 of complications from coronavirus

Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz pianist, professor and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan, died late Wednesday, April 1, 2020, from pneumonia brought on by coronavirus, leaving six sons and a deep legacy. He was 85.