Harry Connick, Sr. - New Orleans, LA
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N 29° 56.847 W 090° 03.808
15R E 783433 N 3316590
One of dozens of plaques honoring prominent citizens of New Orleans located outside of the entrance to the Hilton Hotel.
Waymark Code: WMQ38N
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2015
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All of the dozens of citizen memorials here have a relief panel which depicts musicians on a keyboard, horn and bass and the name of the person honored. This one reads:
"Harry Connick, Sr.
Government (
visit link) informs us:
"Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Sr. (born March 27, 1926)[2] is a New Orleans attorney who is best known for serving as the district attorney of the Parish of Orleans, which contains the City of New Orleans, from 1973 to 2003. His son, Harry Connick, Jr. is a successful singer, pianist, actor, and humanitarian. The elder Connick is a singer, long performing a few nights a week at local clubs as a hobby. He has been outspoken on the use of narcotics and pressed for drug testing of high-school students."