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On October 4, 2014, Newman died at the age of ninety-three. He was survived by his wife of more than a half-century, the former Sallie Gillespie  (born September 1928); children, Brenda Joyce Cooks (born May 1948), Linda Cooks Narcisse (born January 1950) and husband Johnny S. Narcisse (born December 1949), Edwin Cooks (born April 1951) and wife Jocelyn H.Cooks (born May 1953), Urlecia Cooks, and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two other daughters, Constance Newman Douglas and Karen Newman Norris (1948-2005).<ref name=charlobs/> A memorial mass was held on October 11, 2014 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Newman donated his body to the [[Tulane University]] School of Medicine in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jewel-joseph-newman&pid=172739205#sthash.QJNQ6DPM.dpuf|title=Jewel Joseph Newman|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</ref>

On October 4, 2014, Newman died at the age of ninety-three. He was survived by his wife of more than a half-century, the former Sallie Gillespie  (born September 1928); children, Brenda Joyce Cooks (born May 1948), Linda Cooks Narcisse (born January 1950) and husband Johnny S. Narcisse (born December 1949), Edwin Cooks (born April 1951) and wife Jocelyn H.Cooks (born May 1953), Urlecia Cooks, and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two other daughters, Constance Newman Douglas and Karen Newman Norris (1948-2005).<ref name=charlobs/> A memorial mass was held on October 11, 2014 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Newman donated his body to the [[Tulane University]] School of Medicine in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jewel-joseph-newman&pid=172739205#sthash.QJNQ6DPM.dpuf|title=Jewel Joseph Newman|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</ref>

Joseph Delpit called Newman "the hardest-working elected official I knew, including me ... There wasn’t a person who needed help that Jewel would not get out of his bed at midnight to see about helping him.”<ref name=madeadifference>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/10460859-123/baton-rouge-activist-legislator-jewel|title=Baton Rouge activist, legislator Jewel J. Newman dies: 'He really made a difference'|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Ryan Broussard|date=October 7, 2014|accessdate=October 12, 2014}}</ref>

Joseph Delpit called Newman "the hardest-working elected official I knew, including me ... There wasn’t a person who needed help that Jewel would not get out of his bed at midnight to see about helping him.”<ref name=madeadifference>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/10460859-123/baton-rouge-activist-legislator-jewel|title=Baton Rouge activist, legislator Jewel J. Newman dies: 'He really made a difference'|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Ryan Broussard|date=October 7, 2014|accessdate=October 16, 2020}}</ref>

Former Mayor Holden said that Newman, who later became his mentor, "paid special attention to the needs of people in the district he represented, which is also the district I grew up in. If someone called to say they [sic] had a problem with their ditch, he would go out to the home himself to see what the problem was.”<ref name=madeadifference/>

Former Mayor Holden said that Newman, who later became his mentor, "paid special attention to the needs of people in the district he represented, which is also the district I grew up in. If someone called to say they [sic] had a problem with their ditch, he would go out to the home himself to see what the problem was.”<ref name=madeadifference/>