Funeral and memorial details for New Orleans music icon Dr. John, who died June 6 at age 77 of a heart attack, have been announced.
A public visitation will be held Saturday (June 22) from 7-10:30 a.m. at the Orpheum Theater, 129 Roosevelt Way.
A private memorial will be broadcast live from the Orpheum on WWOZ 90.7 FM on Saturday from 1-3 p.m. Attendance is by invitation only.
A second-line open to the public will begin at 3 p.m., starting at the Orpheum.
At least one second-line for Dr. John has already been held, assembling at Kermit Ruffins’ Mother-in-Law Lounge the day after he died.
Dr. John’s second-line parade rambles through Treme
Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, died on Thursday (June 6) at age 77.
As Chelsea Brasted wrote for NOLA.com, “Dr. John, whose given name was Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. and who was also called Mac, was born in New Orleans, a place that schooled him in the jazz, R&B, rock and roll, jump blues, funk and Mardi Gras Indian sounds that would come to shape his music. Mr. Rebennack was a man whose style and outlook were shaped, too, by voodoo, that mysterious and mystical spiritualism that developed from the city’s Afro-Caribbean roots. And in New Orleans, that meant he stood out so much he fit right in.”
Dr. John, a true New Orleans music legend, dies at age 77
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. was a six-time Grammy winner.
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