Prominent New Orleans developer and hotelier Joe Jaeger Jr. has died in a North Shore hospital from injuries sustained from a crash several days ago, according to a family friend and business associate.
Details of the accident were not immediately available but Jaeger, 77, sustained multiple fractures and had been in hospital for several days when he succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning, according to Mike Sherman, who was a long-time consultant for Jaeger on land projects.
Jaeger, who sometimes referred to himself as “just a plumber from the Ninth Ward,” had started from humble New Orleans beginnings to become owner of the largest group of hotels in the Greater New Orleans area, with more than two dozen properties that included the Jung Hotel and boutique gems like the Bourbon Orleans Hotel.
He is survived by his wife Becky and sons Joey and Ryan.
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