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Fats Domino has lost most of his memorabilia:

from http://oldies.about.com/od/oldieshistory/a/katrinadamage_2.htm

Fats Domino's house (1208 Caffin Ave.)
Why it's famous: From approximately 1956-1963, only Elvis Presley sold more records than Fats Domino. And unlike his brethren, Fats, a shrewd negotiator, kept most of what he earned.
What it is now: Fats has never made any secret of his whereabouts: his brown-and-yellow Ninth Ward house featured the giant initials F-D on the front, along with a star. It's as immodest as he ever got.
Depth of water: 6.3 ft.
Impact: Miraculously, Fats was able to return and restore his home, though most of his memorabilia is lost.

I remember when all of that went down, his niece or something put out a press release, or got in touch with the news organizations that the legendary Fats Domino was unaccounted for in the flood!  

I was the happiest I'd been in months about a day or two later when I saw those awesome photos of him being carried out of his flooded house into a small boat by rescue crews.  HELL YEAH! Long live Fats Domino.

You know why the memorabilia doesn't matter?  ... because he can just make some more.  There's only one Fats Domino, though, the good lord won't make any more of him.  I was thrilled to see him get rescued.  

(http://media.lawrence.com/img/photos/2005/09/03/na_bw_KATRINA_FATS_DOMINO_t440.jpg)

(http://www.lisa-und-georg.de/mediac/400_0/media/FatsDomino_Katrina.jpg)

I too was terribly worried about him for a couple of days there, it was a great relief to see that rescue, I think I saw it on the news.

Anyone heard his album "Alive & kickin'" which he recorded and sold as a benefit for New Orleans after Katrina?

I'll have to look for that one.