RTP-area local music and culture

["Jeff Hart" <jeffhoo1 AT gmail.com>]

another sad story to report today as well:

Missing Singer's Body Found

January 5, 2006

The body of singer BARRY COWSILL, who was reported missing last year
around the time of Hurricane Katrina, was found by police at the
Charles Street Wharf in New Orleans on Dec. 27. He was 51. The COWSILLS
were the famous family band of the '60s and '70s that inspired the
PARTRIDGE FAMILY. The cause of death has not yet been released.

Barry was believed to have been at the infamous New Orleans Convention
Center after Hurricane Katrina hit. In a video of survivors posted on
the CNN Web site, brother BOB says the family spotted a man who looks
to be their famous sibling. "We saw him [on the video]," he said.
"We're pretty sure that's him, and if it was him, it meant he was at
the convention center." The last the family had heard of Barry was from
a message left on his sister's answering machine asking for help: "I
don't know how to get out of town except wait for a bus ... I've been
so ... lonely ... I hope I get in touch with you."

Following the fame of his famous family band, Barry had battled
substance abuse and thoughts of suicide over the years. Barry is
survived by brothers Bob, BILL, RICHARD, PAUL, JOHN and sister SUSAN
COWSILL.

http://et.tv.yahoo.com/newslink/13545/