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NEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 26: Allen Toussaint performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course on April 26, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Josh Brasted/WireImage)

New Orleans Renames Lee Blvd to Honor Allen Toussaint

Published on January 10, 2022August 1, 2025

By Chris Boyette and Keith Allen, The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously Thursday to change the name of Robert E. Lee Boulevard to Allen Toussaint Boulevard, councilmember Jared C. Brossett confirmed to CNN Saturday. Toussaint, a New Orleans music legend, died in 2015 of a heart attack while he was touring in Madrid. Brossett introduced the ordinance last month to rename