Marshall Music Legend Dies
Posted/updated on: January 10, 2012 at 1:35 pm
MARSHALL Marshalls artist-in-residence David Alexander Elam was found dead over the weekend. Elam, an internationally known boogie woogie music performer, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Marshall Mayor Chris Paddie expressed sadness upon hearing the news. Paddie said, Well, obviously, the city of Marshall, and the world, for that matter, has lost a musical legend, and its just such a tragedy. Marshall is the birthplace of boogie woogie, and Elam was widely regarded as Marshalls last living link to the music genre. Elam performed worldwide under the stage name Omar Shariff.
