Barry Cowsill, 51, died in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Barry Cowsill, 51, of the Cowsills fame, was apparently a victim of Hurricane Katrina which hit New Orleans on August 29th. He was missing since the hurricane and his body was discovered on December 28th on a wharf in New Orleans, but has only been recently indentified.
The musical family, The Cowsills, peaked in the late 1960s. They achieved two Number Two hits with "The Rain, the Park and Other Things" and "Hair" from the hit rock musical of the same name.