Richard Cory Went Home Last Night and Put a Bullet Through His Head

This has to be one of the saddest and most inexplicable local stories of recent memory: Yoli and Michael Amr, founders of Gumbo’s, Yoli’s Jambalaya and Mama Roux, are now dead in an apparent murder-suicide.

This is a profound shame, as in each of their incarnations, they had the best Cajun food I ever tasted (and this is from someone who’s eaten at K-Paul’s in New Orleans).

I have trouble believing it was money troubles, since Mama Roux was always packed when we went there. Maybe there were health issues.

I’m at a loss. Sometimes people, even successful and apparently happy people, do inexplicable things.

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3 Responses to “Richard Cory Went Home Last Night and Put a Bullet Through His Head”

  1. Obit watch: February 24, 2011. « Whipped Cream Difficulties says:
    February 24, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    […] Edited to add: Lawrence, who was an even bigger fan of the Amr restaurants than I was, adds his commentary here. […]

  2. He surely must be happy with everything he’s got « Lawrence Person's Futuramen says:
    March 19, 2011 at 1:47 AM

    […] this post made me go poking around the Internet, where I came across this vintage video of Simon & […]

  3. French Quarter Grille | The Logbook of the Saturday Dining Conspiracy says:
    May 9, 2012 at 9:53 PM

    […] there has been any dropoff since Dave Gore took over what used to be Mama Roux until the  tragic and untimely deaths of Yoli and Michael Amr, it’s not readily apparent to the naked tongue. Pretty much all the […]

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