Moon Landrieu

Maurice Edwin Landrieu, known as Moon Landrieu (July 23, 1930 – September 5, 2022) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He served as Mayor of New Orleans from 1970 to 1978.Morial retains racial mix inherited from Landrieu, The Times-Picayune, May 6, 1980. His son was Mitch Landrieu, the former Mayor of New Orleans and his daughter was the former United States senator Mary Landrieu.

He also is a former judge. He represented New Orleans' Twelfth Ward in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966. He served on the New Orleans City Council as a member at-large from 1966 to 1970.

Landrieu was the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under U.S. President Jimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981.

Landrieu died on September 5, 2022 at his home in New Orleans at the age of 92.Moon Landrieu, mayor who bridged Black and White New Orleans, dies at 92 The cause of death was heart failure after having a heart attack.

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Other websites

Oral History Interview with Moon Landrieu from Oral Histories of the American South

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