James Gill (1942-2024) was a writer and a columnist who worked for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Louisiana, before joining the staff of The Advocate. He is author of Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans and coauthor (with Howard Hunter) of Tearing Down the Lost Cause: The Removal of New Orleans's Confederate Statues, both published by University Press of Mississippi.
