Sidney Smith is not a musician, but he’s lived a rock ‘n’ roll life. Several, in fact.

He was a rock photographer who embedded with the Allman Brothers Band, spent Mardi Gras with Paul and Linda McCartney and shot members of Led Zeppelin partying with Professor Longhair.

He was a male stripper and a four-time husband.

He’s the founder of Haunted History Tours , New Orleans’ most prominent ghost tour company.

He’s a grieving father and a memoirist, which may turn out to be his final act.

In January, Smith announced on Facebook that he’d been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.

At 71, his medical history is extensive. He's beaten cancer three times previously. He also endured a hernia, a staph infection, sciatica, two knee replacements, one hip replacement, two cervical fusion

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