RIP Great Antonio! and tell us about your local eccentrics.

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The Great Antonio has died.

From the article:

MONTREAL - The Great Antonio, the Montreal strongman who once pulled four loaded buses and lifted a six-tonne truck, is dead after suffering a heart attack on the weekend.

The Great Antonio was a beloved local eccentric, matched only perhaps by a fellow who calls himself "Guru of All Gods" and the guy who keeps a little menagerie (dogs, cats, rabbits) on a cart he pulls up and down Parc Av., stopping occasionally to play on an electric keyboard.

Who are your local eccentrics?

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 8 September 2003 15:43 (twenty-three years ago)

(The Great Antonio's the guy on the right, by the way)

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 8 September 2003 16:27 (twenty-three years ago)

more Antonio:
http://www.studioiris.ca/gazette/1998-04-23.jpg

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 8 September 2003 16:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, I used to see him on Mount Royal St. all the time. That's sad. My friend Mireille told me all about him.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 8 September 2003 17:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Singing Cowboy, a fellow with a big smile and a cowboy outfit and a boombox who dances on streetcorners and mimes singing songs. He's totally full of joy. Apparently he used to be a singer but something happened where he lost his vocal cords. Whenever you see him he makes you sad and happy at the same time.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 8 September 2003 17:06 (twenty-three years ago)

in Ann Arbor, we have Shakey Jake, local eccentric/detuned-bluesman/possible-millionaire:

http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1997/sep/09-08-97/photos/fileartsshakeydancing.gif

also, we have Michael Jackson Dancer, a guy who'll bring out a boombox, set it on a street corner or in an alleyway, and just dance dance dance. The Boombox always plays one of MJ's first 3 albums.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 8 September 2003 18:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Are these guys always rumoured to be millionaires?

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 8 September 2003 18:55 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.acmeenterprises.com/music/texas/xsxsw_2000/images/beatle_bob.jpg
I thought he was from Toronto but I guess he's not so local.
Maybe I can find a picture of Bay & Adelade Kevin instead.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 8 September 2003 19:42 (twenty-three years ago)

I know beatle bob, he's from the lou! I see him all the time.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 8 September 2003 21:04 (twenty-three years ago)