Editing Emmett Hardy (section)

==Illness and death==
When advancing [[tuberculosis]] started to make breathing difficult, Hardy taught himself [[banjo]] so he could continue playing music.

Hardy and some of his musician friends made some home recordings on wax [[phonograph cylinder]]s for their own amusement. As Hardy's tuberculosis worsened and his death seemed inevitable, the friends decided to preserve the cylinders as a memento of Hardy's playing. At least one cylinder survived to the start of the 1950s; the relative who heard it then said Hardy's playing reminded him of [[Sharkey Bonano]]. When [[Tulane University]]'s Jazz Archive was established in the late 1950s, however, a diligent search failed to turn up any of these recordings, which are presumed lost forever.

Hardy died of tuberculosis in New Orleans, just four days after his 22nd birthday,<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> and was buried in [[Gretna, Louisiana]].<ref name="Chadbourne">{{cite web |last1=Chadbourne |first1=Eugene |title=Emmett Hardy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/emmett-hardy-mn0001650743 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 31, 2018 }}</ref>