Talk:Fats Domino

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Contents 1 Death due to Hurricane Katrina 2 Found? 3 References to relatives re:Katrina 4 Baton Rouge apartment? 5 Gold Records 6 Vandalism 7 Discography

[edit] Death due to Hurricane Katrina

Do we know that he is actually dead? Although he hasn't been hearred from for several days, and his house is underwater he could be just missing, and safe some where. Until we have official word that he is dead, I think it is a bit premature to indicate that he dead. CS Miller 20:22, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

• I agree, until his body is ID'd, I say we leave the date off. Lets wait until facts actually exist before we write about them.
• Agreed. There are tens of thousands of people in New Orleans who are "missing" simply because they are unable to communicate with the outside world. For all we know he's holed up at the Superdome or on a bus to Houston right now. 23skidoo 21:46, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

I can't find any online news source to back up the reference to bodies being recovered from his house. Unless a source can be cited, I recommend the statement be deleted for now, along with the "believed to have died" comment in the intro. If CNN or AP reports otherwise and we can add a link, then it should be put back. 23skidoo 21:51, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

I can find no source confirming bodies found either. Irresponisbile without one.

[edit] Found?

I just heard third-hand that a news outlet is reporting that he's been found safe and sound. Can anyone confirm? 23skidoo 00:10, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

• Don't take this as confirmation yet, but the Rockabilly Hall of Fame Yahoo Group -- which includes members who would be in the know on such things -- is reporting that Fats Domino made it to the Superdome. However I think we still need a more firm confirmation before we post anything to the article. 23skidoo 00:18, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

• Conflicting reports in the NOLA "I'm OK" Forum. But one user similarly reports he made it to the Superdome:

http://www.nola.com/forums/imok/index.ssf?artid=543 --Yst 01:16, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/01/katrina.fats.domino/

CNN says he's OK...with a pic, even.

Excellent news! One of the few pieces of good news in this entire sad episode. 23skidoo 02:01, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

I can see the headlines now... The Good News About Saturated Fats! 143.252.80.110 13:20, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] References to relatives re:Katrina

The current wording is a bit confusing. Do we know for certain that Domino's wife and other relatives were rescued? I haven't seen anything confirming this (though hopefully this is the case). 23skidoo 16:56, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Baton Rouge apartment?

According to this article, Domino has been living the past two days in the Baton Rouge apartment of Louisana State Univesity football quarterback JaMarcus Russell. But I don't know if that information should be added here without any backing sources. One thing that raises my concern is that the article states that Domino was "reunited with family members" after he was rescued, but CNN says here that Domino's daughter stated Thursday that she had not heard from her father since Sunday. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 20:38, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

The CNN article contains information dating back to before Domino was found, so the comment by his daughter is probably out-of-date. Being reunited with family could mean cousins and grandkids for all we know. Where's his wife? 23skidoo 15:06, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gold Records

Someone apparently didn't realize that multiple gold record awards are issued to various persons involved with a successful record and therefore linked to a 2004 auction lot of Fats records: Fats Domino's gold records were auctioned off in January, 2004: [1] According to the MSNBC report of the three gold records that were found, [2], one of the titles was "I'm Walking", which was also the title of one in the auction lot [3]. Contrary to the implied POV of this now-deleted link, Fats may actually have known how many gold records he possessed. Economy1 11:32, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Why is this article such a racist vandalism magenet?? AnonMoos 06:34, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps Fats Domino was recently the subject of a presentation at some grade school with low accademic standards? Wondering simply, -- Infrogmation 20:24, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discography

Would this rapidly expanding list - fine in its own right - not be better presented on a separate article 'Fats Domino discography' page ?

Derek R Bullamore 21:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I put it up within the Fats Domino article, simply because I thought it would be the most appropraite place for it. Should someone more proficient than I in creating new wiki pages care to make a separate "Fats Domino discography" page, that's fine by me! rudyardk