What is Harry Connick Sr.?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Harry Connick Sr. |office = [[District Attorney]] of [[Orleans Parish]] |term_start = April 1, 1974 |term_end = January 10, 2003 |predecessor = [[Jim Garrison]] |successor = [[Eddie Jordan (attorney)|Eddie Jordan]] |birth_name = Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Sr. |birth_date = {{birth date|1926|3|27}} |birth_place = [[Mobile, Alabama]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2024|1|24|1926|3|27}} |death_place = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{plainlist| *Anita Levy Livingston (died 1981) *{{marriage|Londa Matherne|1995}}}} |children = 2, including [[Harry Connick Jr.|Harry Jr.]] |education = [[Loyola University New Orleans]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Tulane University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Sr.''' (March 27, 1926 – January 24, 2024)<ref>''U.S. Public Records Index'' Vol 1 & 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.</ref> is an American attorney. He is best known for being the [[district attorney]] of the [[Orleans Parish, Louisiana|Parish of Orleans]] from 1973 to 2003. His son, [[Harry Connick Jr.]], is a jazz singer, pianist, actor, and humanitarian. Harry Connick Sr. died in New Orleans on January 24, 2024, at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Connick, long-serving and hard-charging district attorney, dies at 97 |url=https://www.nola.com/news/harry-connick-long-serving-and-hard-charging-district-attorney-dies-at-97/article_ce752172-bbd6-11ee-92cf-df03be38c212.html |website=[[The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate]] |access-date=January 25, 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Connick, Harry Sr.}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:District attorneys]] [[Category:Lawyers from Mobile, Alabama]] [[Category:Politicians from Mobile, Alabam