• "Chilly Willy", Struck By Car And Killed
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[quote]CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Police confirmed the man struck and killed Thursday night in front of Jackalope Jack’s bar on East Seventh Street was 58-year-old William Larry Major, better known as "Chilly Willy." Police say the driver, Lillian Young, stopped and called 911 after Major was hit. She has not been charged with a crime but the investigation is ongoing. Several witnesses say Chilly Willy had been walking up and down the side walk in front of Jackalope Jack's Thursday afternoon and in to the evening. They say he appeared to be intoxicated. There was a dent in the hood of Young's four-door sedan and the passenger side of her windshield was shattered due to the wreck.[/quote] [quote]After hearing that the victim was “Chilly Willy,” an often-seen homeless man around town, several bystanders stopped to ask police how he was doing. Police later said that Major had died. "He always comes up and says hey to me," said Elizabeth resident Andrew Epperson. Epperson hung a sign reading 'Charlotte loves Chilly' on a nearby tree. Several people were signing it Friday morning. "The streets were his life. He made a life out of it," added Ken Foust, another resident.[/quote] [quote]...crossing East 7th Street likely won't be the same without 'Chilly Willy.' "He never asked for money, he tried to give you money if you picked him up or just talked to him. He always had something nice to say to you," recalled Epperson. The Charlotte Observer contributed to this report.[/quote] [url=http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Pedestrian-identified-as-Chilly-Willy-killed-on-East-7th-174879581.html]Source.[/url] This guy was my favorite homeless man. He never asked for anything but company and someone to listen to him play guitar. The first time I ever met the guy was probably 8 years ago when I was 12 in McDonalds after a long day of sledding. I was with my brother and a friend when he came in, saw us, and started to go on and on about how good he was at air guitar. I've never met anyone like him. If you would like to, please share your stories about your favorite local personalities.
Wow. He seemed like a great guy. Like, I never ever heard of a homeless man this nice.
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My thoughts go out to his brother, Chilli Billi.
[img]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100331181959/banjokazooie/images/1/1e/Bt_chilly_billy.png[/img] RIP Boss of Hailfire Peaks: Icy Side :(
All our homeless people do is smell, drink cheap cardboard box wine and lie on benches in parks, sleeping all day. :c
Rest easy, pal.
I never met him but my friend told me about him when she saw him downtown. They took pictures and everything. When I realized who it was I was sad :(
Lilly killied Chilly Willy
Sounds like a really cool dude, Irish homeless people are funny, but not really people you'd want to talk to, at least in my experiences. RIP in peace.
[QUOTE=Mr. N;38116941] RIP in peace.[/QUOTE] I agree. Rest in Peace in peace.
There is this old guy where I live who is known as 'the clappy man of Basingstoke' (he has a facebook page and everything). His daily routine is going around town and clapping at passing cars with his trusty old leather gloves. My mum said he has been doing it for about 40 or so years now but no-one knows why and no one knows his name for he is the unknown clapper.
What a bro <3, RIP
-snip- oh he was a cartoon character lol
See you, space cowboy.
[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-64sx017tqA/STYQVkcWV3I/AAAAAAAABTc/A0C0ZISmi6s/s400/Chilly_Willy.jpg[/img] R.I.P
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