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.