Harry Connick Sr.
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Harry Connick Sr. Esq. |
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| District Attorney of Orleans Parish | |
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In office 1973–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Garrison |
| Succeeded by | Eddie Jordan |
| Constituency | New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Joseph Harry Fowler Connick March 27, 1926 Mobile, Alabama, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Anita Frances Levy/Livingston Connick (died 1981; 2 children) Londa Jean Matherne (1995-present) |
| Children | Harry Jr.; Suzanna |
| Alma mater | Loyola University New Orleans undergraduate, Tulane University law school |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Sr. (born March 27, 1926) is an American attorney who is best known for serving as the district attorney of the Parish of Orleans, which contains the City of New Orleans, from 1973 to 2003. His son, Harry Connick, Jr. is a successful jazz singer, pianist, actor, and humanitarian. The elder Connick is also a singer, long performing a few nights a week at local clubs as a hobby.
Connick Sr. was born Joseph Harry Fowler Connick in Mobile, Alabama, the second of eight children of Jessie Catherine (née Fowler; 1898-1985) and James Paul Connick (1901-1979). Both his parents and grandparents were from Mobile. His father worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. When Harry was two years old, he and his family moved to New Orleans. Music was a large part of his early life, and he was particularly influenced by Glenn Miller. After high school, he served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, he returned to New Orleans and graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with a degree in business administration.
He later joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a civilian employee where he met his future wife, Anita Livingston (May 22, 1926 – July 1981), an accomplished flute player, who became a lawyer, judge and former Louisiana Supreme Court justice. She was one of the first female judges in the city of New Orleans. They married in Tunisia, and spent time in Casablanca, where Connick Sr. contracted tuberculosis. They were sent back to the United States, and eventually ended up back in New Orleans. Harry and Anita Connick returned to New Orleans, they opened a record store. Ultimately they owned two stores while simultaneously pursuing law degrees, one working in the store while the other was at school. They also had a daughter, Suzanna, and a son, Harry, Jr. Anita Connick died of ovarian cancer, aged 55, in 1981. Connick later married Londa Jean Matherne. Connick is the uncle of Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick and State Representative Patrick Connick, also of Jefferson Parish.
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