Dead Celebrity Alert

Filmmaker Stevenson J. Palfi, whose documentary “Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together” chronicled the lives of three New Orleans jazzmen, shot himself to death, his family said. He had been severely depressed after Hurricane Katrina damaged most of his property and possessions, they said.

Palfi, 53, shot himself Dec. 14 at his home, relatives family told The Times-Picayune.

He had been living with his former wife and co-producer, Polly Waring, whose home was one of the few still habitable in the Mid-City area where both lived. …

At the time of his death, Palfi was in the final stages of production on a feature-length program about Toussaint titled “Songwriter, Unknown.” He had been working on the film for more than 15 years. … Read full obituary

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