New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint dies in Madrid, age 77
Posted November 10, 2015 6:00 am
MADRID (AP) - Legendary New Orleans musician and composer Allen Toussaint has died after suffering a heart attack following a concert he performed in the Spanish capital.
Madrid emergency services spokesman Javier Ayuso says rescue workers were called to Toussaint's hotel early Tuesday morning and managed to revive him after he suffered a heart attack.
But Ayuso says the 77-year-old Toussaint stopped breathing during the ambulance ride to a hospital and efforts to revive him again were unsuccessful.
Toussaint performed Monday night at Madrid's Lara Theater.
This story has been corrected to show that Toussaint performed Monday night and died Tuesday morning.
FILE - In this June 16, 2011 file photo, Allen Toussaint performs onstage at the 42nd Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards in New York. Legendary New Orleans musician and composer Allen Toussaint has died after suffering a heart attack following a concert he performed in the Spanish capital. Madrid emergency services spokesman Javier Ayuso says rescue workers were called to Toussaint's hotel early Monday Nov. 9, 2015 and managed to revive him after he suffered a heart attack but he stopped breathing during the ambulance ride to a hospital and efforts to revive him again were unsuccessful. Toussaint performed Sunday night at Madrid's Lara Theater. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
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In this Tuesday April 30, 2013, photo, Allen Toussaint thanks the audience after a benefit concert/tribute in his honor at Harrah's New Orleans Theatre, in New Orleans. Legendary New Orleans musician and composer Toussaint died Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, after suffering a heart attack following a concert he performed in Madrid. He was 77. (David Grunfeld/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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FILE- In this file photo dated Wednesday, July 10, 2013, US President Barack Obama welcomes Allen Toussaint to award him the 2012 National Medal of Arts for his contributions as a composer, producer, and performer, during a ceremony in the East Room of White House in Washington. Legendary New Orleans musician Toussaint died after suffering a heart attack following a concert he performed in the Spanish capital, Madrid, after emergency services were called Monday Nov. 9, 2015, to his hotel. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, FILE)
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