Robert Cambias V is dead

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One of the highlights of his career was earning an award for busting open a prison guard sex ring.

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Anyone who really knew Rob realized that he was a gourmand more than a bon vivant because he rarely drank and then even less so to excess. He didn't just consume food, he soaked it up, luxuriating his palette with every bite off the plate, mopping up the last bit of gravy with a chunk of baguette. Long, mid-day, gastronomic tours of eateries in the French Quarter, the Marigny and the Westbank could occur at any time of the week. Though he enjoyed sophisticated cuisine, from Acadian to Lebanese to Indian, Rob probably enjoyed barbecue most of all. Texas-style pork called out to him during the dark days of M.D. Anderson treatment.

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While Jazz Fest was going on, he held work and meetings in contempt. Always flamboyant, he started costuming about halfway through his Jazz Fest career. The costumes were legendary and always consisted of a speedo swimsuit, a cape, outlandish boots and usually included some type of mask. He loved shock value and enjoyed when festers greeted him with the phrase "like your 'kini." He adopted a free spirit style of dancing and gyrated with abandon at each act he attended.

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Always looking for accomplices, he encouraged his daughter to become his costume accomplice in later years - the Robin to his Batman. Perhaps the highlight of his festing was being invited onto the stage, along with Isa, to move to Big Freedia's rhythms.

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