Mac Rebennack, the pianist, singer, songwriter and producer better known as Dr. John, who embodied
the New Orleans sound for generations of music fans, died on Thursday. He was 77.
A family statement released by his publicist said the cause was a heart attack. The statement did not
say where he died. He had been living in recent years on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, La.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/obituaries/dr-john-dies.html