James Flynn "Zeke" Unangst

 

 

Age: 49

 

Summary: beloved restaurateur and proprietor of Zeke's Restaurant in Metairie, Louisiana who sang over the boiled crawfish and flanked himself with locals like Pee-Wee, Hambone and Rooster, who was famed for singing country musician David Allen Coe's You Never Even Called Me by My Name to the customers at his West End seafood restaurant, a never-ending source of amusement for the city's golf, racetrack, fishing, hunting, sports bar and restaurant crowd.

 

 

Cause of Death: Complications from a staph infection following gall bladder surgery during evacuation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

 

Born: April 4, 1956

 

Died: October 13, 2005

 

Location: Houston, Texas