old. Mr. Corbin was born in New Orleans, and lived here most of his life, but moved to Chicago
after Hurricane Katrina.
Mr. Corbin was a member of the family that used to run the Times-Picayune. His great
grandmother, Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, who wrote poetry under the name, Pearl Rivers,
was the first woman publisher of a major metropolitan daily newspaper in the United States.
His grandfather, Yorke P. Nicholson, was a vice-president of the Times-Picayune Publishing
Company. Mr. Corbin’s mother, Eleanor N. Corbin, was a former amusements editor and columnist for the Times-Picayune, and his father, Carl M. Corbin, was a former editor of the New Orleans States and the editorial page editor of the New Orleans States-Item.
Mr. Corbin loved music, he loved dogs, was an avid reader, and he had many close and faithful friends in Chicago. He is survived by his younger brother, Mac Corbin, who lives in New Orleans.
A funeral will be held Saturday, August 31 at 10:00 in the morning at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd in New Orleans. Visitation will be at 9:00, and burial will take place after the funeral in the family plot in Metairie Cemetery.
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