AUDUBON NATURE INSTITUE
Satchmo, the baby rhino was named for famed jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, the little guy was born September 8, 2003, at the Audubon Zoo. The calf and his family are Southern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum simum ). The species is declining in its native Africa due to poaching (rhinos are prized for their horns), human encroachment and habitat destruction. Only 12,000 or so remain in the wild, with about 160 in captivity. (UPI / A.J. Sisco)
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SAN GABRIEL, Calif., April 9 (UPI) -- Danny Barcelona, the longtime drummer in Louis Armstrong's band, died of cancer in a care facility in San Gabriel, Calif., at the age of 77.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The Louis Armstrong Museum plans to build a visitors center for exhibitions and concerts across the street from the late trumpet legend's home in New York.
STUDIO CITY, Calif., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. saxophonist Peggy Gilbert, at 101, has had a long and animated career as a jazz musician, including being an "all girl" band leader of the 1920s.
