Poet, jazz hipster, and songwriter Ronald Cuccia, a native of New Orleans and a resident of Holden, Louisiana, the co-writer of “My Darlin’ New Orleans,” died in June 2021. He was 76.
Cuccia was the youngest child of Gertrude Cappo and Steven Joseph Cuccia, born in New Orleans on September 12, 1944. His love for his city was legendary; perhaps best known as the co-writer of “My Darlin' New Orleans,” he wrote thousands of words—poems, songs, and...
