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.
Birth Name. Gender. Biography. Richard majored in Theater Arts at USC and began his career as Ougy Pringle on the radio show Date with Judy before moving on to play Walter Denton in Our Miss Brooks on both radio and television. Married to Penni Sweeney from 1956 until his death in 2003,â¦more.