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Entertainment & Sports

Aug. 11, 2006

Suit Over Jazz Great's Legacy Highlights Laches Problem

Forum Column - A funny thing happened to a friend of mine on her way to preserving a precious piece of American history.

Forum Column

By Thomas Brennan


A funny thing happened to a friend of mine on her way to preserving a precious piece of American history. My friend is Babette Ory, and she works as a caterer in Los Angeles. She is a good-hearted person who for some 20 years has been working to preserve the legacy of one of America's musical treasures, the work of her dad, the trombonist and bandleader Edward "Kid" Ory.
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