Funeral Procession Honors Famous Chef in New Orleans

Charleston Daily Mail › October 11, 2005

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NEW ORLEANS - This city's historical jazz funeral procession returned to debris-lined streets Sunday to honor a famous chef who died last month in Atlanta, where he had evacuated after being rescued from Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters.

More than two dozen people carrying black and white photos of a smiling Austin Leslie marched down the streets of the devastated Seventh Ward in New Orleans, celebrating the life of the famous chef whose Chez Helene soul food restaurant inspired the television show "Frank's Place" in the 1980s.

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Funeral Procession Honors Famous Chef in New Orleans

Leslie, 71, was rescued from his home two days after Hurricane Katrina and went to Atlanta to be with relatives. ...

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