Downtown fixture Sidney Tapscott has died. The sweet, cheerful 89-year-old was adopted many years ago by downtown regulars, and passed away yesterday in hospice. During the eighties and nineties he could be seen around the Downtown Mall with a push broom, wearing overalls and bearing a red bandana. The Albemarle native smoked a pipe, played the harmonica, and was the Hogwaller Ramblers’ number-one fan. (Their album opens with him singing, and then introducing “the Tennessee Ramblers.) The Blue Moon Diner—his home away from home—held a big birthday party for him every year. For photos and remembrances, see the Friends of Sidney Tapscott Facebook group, which has almost 1,500 members after just one day of existence.
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Oh man. That really really sucks.
There’s also a fundraiser to try and cover the cost of his burial and funeral service – his plot is paid for, but nothing else is. There’s a donation jar at Blue Moon Diner for interested parties.
I’ve written a little about Sidney on Nailgun
http://www.nailgunmedia.com/blog/?p=5331
(Waldo, I hope you’re OK with me quoting you there.)
Of course, James!