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Dr. John performs during the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival on Sept. 26, 2015, in Franklin, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Dr. John dies at 77

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 26, 2008 file photo, Dr. John performs during the 2008 New Orleans Jazz &amp; Heritage Festival in New Orleans. The family of the Louisiana-born musician known as Dr. John says the celebrated singer and piano player who blended black and white musical influence with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, has died. He was 77. A family statement released by his publicist says Dr. John, who was born Mac Rebennack, died early Thursday of a heart attack. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

‘Dr. John,’ funky New Orleans ‘night-tripper’ musician, dies

By KEVIN McGILL and CAIN BURDEAU - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 6, 2004 file photo, the legendary American Jazz performer, Dr. John, performs on the Auditorium Stravinski stage, during the 38th Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland. The family of the Louisiana-born musician known as Dr. John says the celebrated singer and piano player who blended black and white musical influence with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, has died. He was 77. A family statement released by his publicist says Dr. John, who was born Mac Rebennack, died early Thursday of a heart attack. (Photo/Keystone/Sandro Campardo, File)

The Latest: Reaction to the death of a ‘night tripper’

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