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  • Even dead seemed to try to flee Ike's wrath (Gatemouth Brown among those caskets that got unearthed)

    09/17/2008 11:16:24 AM PDT · by weegee · 8 replies · 272+ views
    AP ^ | Sep 15, 3:44 PM (ET) | By ALLEN G. BREED
    ORANGE, Texas (AP) - Hurricane Katrina chased bluesman Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown from his adopted home in New Orleans to his hometown here on the Texas Gulf Coast, where he died in exile. Now, another hurricane has disturbed his rest. The 1982 Grammy Award winner's casket was one of dozens belched up by the ground when gulf and rain waters from Hurricane Ike flooded Hollywood Cemetery, an all-black burial ground on the west side of this city on the Sabine River. ... The top of Brown's vault had popped off, and his bronze casket had floated away. But three jars of...