His daughter told WWL-TV anchor Eric Paulsen, a longtime friend, that Domino died peacefully at home surrounded by family.
New Orleans Advocate music writer Keith Spera once called Domino the most significant contributor to the New Orleans musical canon, second only to Louis Armstrong.
“You can take Domino out of New Orleans – rarely – but you cannot take the New Orleans out of Domino.”.
Born in New Orleans on Feb. 26, 1928, Domino was one of nine siblings in a musical family.
He reminded me of Fats Waller and Fats Pichon,” Diamond said in an interview.
“There wouldn’t have been a Beatles without Fats Domino,” John Lennon was once quoted as saying.
The magazine said: After John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Fats Domino and his partner, Dave Bartholomew, were probably the greatest team of songwriters ever. »