John Larroquette has been selected to reign as Bacchus XXVII, the Roman god of wine, at a pre-Mardi Gras parade in 1995, continuing a tradition of celebrity monarchs when he appears in the Feb. 26 parade.
The parade's line of celebrity monarchs began in 1969 with Danny Kaye.*****
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