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Times-Picayune, beloved New Orleans daily, dies at 175


By: Phil Sweeney

DIED, May 24, 2012, of unnatural causes at her Howard Avenue residence, THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans’ renowned daily newspaper, in her 175th year of age.

The native New Orleanian was born January 25, 1837, to newsmen Francis Asbury Lumsden and G…