[Dixielandjazz] Richard Sudhalter

[Stephen G Barbone]

List mates:

The sister of cornetist and author Richard Sudhalter sends  this  
unfortunate
news about his health. Please feel free to pass this sad news on.

As most of us know, Richard Sudhalter was a wonderful OKOM cornet  
player in NYC half a century ago. He then became a fine writer, co- 
authoring a book about Bix Beiderbecke and then writing the book "Lost  
Chords" about the contributions of white musicians to the genre.

Sadly,
Steve Barbone

Carol Sudhalter wrote:

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I'm writing with sad news. My brother Richard is in the hospital  and  
they
have begun palliative care. He is not expected to live much longer.  The
disease he has, caused aspiration of food into his lungs, and over  time
this created an inflammatory situation which also put pressure on  his
heart. He is receiving morphine, oxygen and a couple of medicines for   
the
fluid in his lungs, to make him more comfortable.

His  daughters Adrian and Kimberley, and my brother Jim, will all be  
here
in town  tomorrow. Dorothy and Daryl are by his side most of the time.

He  was still aware of his surroundings when I left the hospital around
noon  today. I'll be dropping back in later tonight.

He can have  visitors at any time, if anyone reading this feels they
want to go in and say  a farewell. He can't talk or even move but, as  
I say,
he is aware of his  surroundings.

The hospital is New York Presbytarian, and it's  located on York Ave at
68th St., Manhattan.

Sorry if you  already know this, or if you're not someone who wanted to
know. I just picked  out some names from my hotmail address book. Feel  
free
to tell others. My  head is not very straight right now, for obvious
reasons..in fact I'm pretty  spaced...so I'm just doing the most useful
things I can think  of.

Carol Sudhalter
718 278 5331
cell 917 667  5331