Bennie Pete, a sousaphone player and founding member of the Hot 8 Brass Band, died on September 6 at New Orleans East Hospital. He was 45.

Pete’s wife Lameka Segura posted to Facebook on September 5 that “on August 18, Bennie fainted at home only to find out that he was positive with Covid-19 and a few days later that our four younger kids was positive as well … he is still in critical but stable condition.” Pete had al...