Music

Walter “Wolfman” Washington, whose soulful voice, crisp guitar lines and toothy smile lit up New Orleans nightlife for 60 years, died Thursday at Passages Hospice of cancer. He had turned 79 on Dec. 20. The sharp-dressed Washington often flashed a wolfish grin as he and his Roadmasters, the quintessential New Orleans bar band, delivered a … Read more

BBorn in Ohio in 1922, James Edward Baker led a colorful life as an adult. He shot down 13 Japanese fighter planes in the second world war. He auditioned as Tarzan for a Hollywood movie. He killed a man using judo in 1955, and then killed another man in 1963 and was convicted of manslaughter. … Read more