Mrs. Lucille Armstrong widow of jazz immortal Louis Armstrong with Eubie Blake and Merver H. Bernstein
Mrs. Lucille Armstrong (C), widow of the late jazz immortal Louis Armstrong, stands beneath a poster advertizing a concert given at Brandeis University in Waltham, on September 17, 1979, for the Brandeis Louis Armstrong Music Fund. Flanking Mrs. Armstrong are Eubie Blake (L), the 92 year-old famed jazz and ragtime pianist, and the President of Brandeis University, Merver H. Bernstein (R). (UPI Photo/Files)
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