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Art Neville, A New Orleans Icon, Dead At 81

The keyboardist and singer was the co-founder of both the Meters and the Neville Brothers died Monday — bands that took the funk and swagger of New Orleans to a much larger world.
Art Neville of the Meters and the Neville Brothers performing at Tipitina's in New Orleans in 2011. Neville died Monday at age 81.

One of New Orleans' iconic musicians has died. Art Neville — a founding member of both the Meters and the , died Monday at age 81. His death was confirmed by his nephew Ivan Neville (the son of Art's brother, Aaron) and his manager of two decades, Kent Sorrell. According to , he

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