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Entertainment

Harry Connick Jr pens tribute to mother he lost as a 13yo

ABC News Australia - Entertainment & Culture · 9 October 2026 at 12:04 pm

Harry Connick Jr is well known as a Grammy award-winning musician now, but he was once a young boy whose mother believed in him.

He fulfilled her vision by performing at Carnegie Hall on what would have been her 100th birthday, and has written a book to honour her.

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