# Fats Domino is missing in New Orleans

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fats-domino-is-missing-in-new-orleans/319638
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 1, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fats-domino-is-missing-in-new-orleans/319638 "2005-09-01T21:24:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fats-domino-is-missing-in-new-orleans/319638/1 "2005-09-01T21:24:31Z")

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[Here](http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/01/katrina.fatsdomino.ap/index.html)

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> Fats Domino was missing Thursday, days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, said his longtime agent, Al Embry.
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> Embry told The Associated Press that he hadn’t been able to contact Domino since talking to him Sunday evening by phone.
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> The 77-year-old R&B legend, whose real name is Antoine Domino, told Embry that he planned to stay at his New Orleans house with his wife, Rosemary, and their daughter.

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### Author: ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fats-domino-is-missing-in-new-orleans/319638/2 "2005-09-01T21:34:15Z")

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There are two threads on this already.

The first one is [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=332859)

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### Author: ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fats-domino-is-missing-in-new-orleans/319638/3 "2005-09-01T21:37:24Z")

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There are actually 3 (with this one making 4)! All on the first page!

:rolleyes:

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### Author: ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fats-domino-is-missing-in-new-orleans/319638/4 "2005-09-02T01:10:13Z")

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[He’s been found alive and in good condition](http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20050902/en_music_eo/17283).