Announcer: The King was dead. That's what they said when Louis Armstrong died. The great jazz trumpeter passed away two days after his 71st birthday on July 4th. (Editorial correction: Armstrong ...

James Monroe Iglehart, who stars as Louis Armstrong in Broadway’s ... but in the most positive way,” the New York actor said of Armstrong, who died in 1971 at age 69.

Page Six last saw Vanessa’s mom at the opening of Louis Armstrong in November, where she was in great spirits, celebrating with the cast at an after-party at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. She died in ...