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Former owner of Tipitina’s dies in freak accident

NEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 30: Roland Von Kurnatowski of the Tipitina foundation speaks as part of Tipitina's Foundation's 11th Annual Instruments A Comin'on April 30, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

NEW ORLEANS, LA – APRIL 30: Roland Von Kurnatowski of the Tipitina foundation speaks as part of Tipitina’s Foundation’s 11th Annual Instruments A Comin’on April 30, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

NEW ORLEANS – Roland Von Kurnatowski, the long-time former owner of the famed Tipitina’s music club, died unexpectedly Sunday night.

Friends of the victim say he accidentally shot himself, while hunting at his farm in Mississippi.

Von Kurnatowski was 68 years old.

Details are limited at this time.

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