D.L. Menard, Cajun music ambassador, is dead at 85

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — D.L. Menard, the Cajun musician whose song “The Back Door” became an anthem for his culture and carried him to 38 countries on State Department tours, has died at the age of 85. Menard died Thursday at the home where he lived with his granddaughter Nelda Menard in Scott, Louisiana, according […]