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On January 23, 2011 Poppa Neutrino passed away in New Orleans at the age of 77. In this profile of Neutrino we hear from Alec WIlkinson, a staff writer at the New Yorker who wrote several articles and a book on Neutrino and we hear from Neutrino himself. This story also takes us to New Orleans for Neutrino's second line and the launching of his last raft.
Special thanks to Stephanie Silber and Vic Zimet for permission to use the clip from their wonderful documentary Random Lunacy: http://www.poppaneutrino.com/
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On January 23, 2011 Poppa Neutrino passed away in New Orleans at the age of 77. In this profile of Neutrino we hear from Alec WIlkinson, a staff writer at the New Yorker who wrote several articles and a book on Neutrino and we hear from Neutrino himself. This story also takes us to New Orleans for Neutrino's second line and the launching of his last raft.
Special thanks to Stephanie Silber and Vic Zimet for permission to use the clip from their wonderful documentary Random Lunacy: http://www.poppaneutrino.com/
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