A New Orleans Jazz History, 1895-1927. Even before jazz, for most New Orleanians, music was not a luxury as it often is elsewhereâit was a necessity. Throughout the nineteenth century, diverse ethnic and racial groups â French, Spanish, and African, Italian, German, and Irish â found common cause in their love of music.
Edward Herrmann. Edward Herrmann -- perhaps best known for playing Richard Gilmore on  Gilmore Girls  -- died this morning in a hospital in New York. He was 71. Herrmann's family tells TMZ he had been battling brain cancer and had been in ICU for the last 3 1/2 weeks.
'The kindest, classiest, most talented man': Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham leads tributes to her TV dad Edward Herrmann following his death from brain cancer. Gilmore Girls star Edward Herrmann died at 71 on Wednesday following a battle with brain cancer. Lauren Graham, who played his TV daughter Lorelai on the hit show, lead the tributes on Twitter, writing: 'My friend Ed Herrmann was the kindest, classiest, most talented man. It was an honor and a joy to know him, a devastating blow to lose him.'.