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New Orleans icon Ronnie Virgets dead at 77
Posted on 5/20/19 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 5/20/19 at 9:52 pm
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Ronnie Virgets, a thoroughly rounded, freewheeling writer who could hold forth in a distinctive New Orleans accent on such diverse topics as modern literature, horse racing and the foibles of his fellow citizens, died Monday night (May 20) at Ormond Nursing Home in Destrehan. He was 77.
The cause of death has not been determined, said Lynne Jensen, his longtime companion.
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Posted on 5/20/19 at 9:53 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Rip whomever you are
Posted on 5/20/19 at 9:54 pm to lsuwontonwrap
quote:
“His voice was unmistakable,”
Definitely true
Posted on 5/20/19 at 9:58 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Posted on 5/20/19 at 10:01 pm to lsuwontonwrap
RIP
Posted on 5/20/19 at 10:01 pm to im4LSU
Damn,
Posted on 5/20/19 at 10:01 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Bummer. He was a fixture at The Fairgrounds.
Posted on 5/20/19 at 10:02 pm to im4LSU
How old is that footage? I don't think I saw one business that's still around. 
Posted on 5/20/19 at 10:24 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Brothers III was the only name I recognized but the sign was different.
Posted on 5/20/19 at 10:31 pm to ellishughtiger
Sad. His voice was one of a kind. I bet it was dementia. RIP
Posted on 5/20/19 at 10:32 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Ronnie stayed at my house for about three weeks following Katrina. Great guy.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 1:11 am to lsuwontonwrap
RIP
Posted on 5/21/19 at 4:03 am to lsuwontonwrap
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Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:40 am to lsuwontonwrap
Another NOLA "character" gone away.
Does this generation have anyone taking their place? Doesn't seem like it? Who is the next Ronnie Virgets, Frank Davis, etc?
Does this generation have anyone taking their place? Doesn't seem like it? Who is the next Ronnie Virgets, Frank Davis, etc?
Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:42 am to lsuwontonwrap
"God Bless Louisiana"
Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:45 am to lsuwontonwrap
Last of a certain kind of New Orleanian. The city doesn't produce these kind of characters anymore.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:46 am to lsuwontonwrap
RIP YA Title. We lost another good poster here
Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:58 am to lsuwontonwrap
RIP
Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:59 am to lsuwontonwrap
RIP
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:06 am to im4LSU
Thanks for sharing. I lived on magazine for a few years back around the turn on the century.
Good times.
Good times.
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