Talk:Mr. Butch

Rationale
I added this page a couple of years ago.

Mr. Butch was the first person I met in Boston during my freshman year back in 1978. And he's still alive and kicking in 2006. I got to know him pretty well, learning that his real name was Harold Madison, Jr. He's a Vietnam vet; he and his brother served back in the Sixties. Legend has it that his brother was killed and that Butch came back a broken man, addicted to smack. That's what I've heard from other homeless people in Boston, and it may or may not be true.

Butch has been exiled from Kenmore Sq. to Allston.

Start classification
I have classified this article as a start due to its level of detail. I have started sourcing the article but it needs more work. Capitalistroadster 04:43, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

A beautiful spirit
Mr Butch was a beautiful spirit. One lonely morning he shared with me his last two beers and kept me company. He was just as God made him. CC

Death confirmed
Please stop adding information to the article claiming that he might still be alive. The death has been confirmed and sourced (from The Boston Globe no less). If he is resurrected and walks the streets of Allston again in a few days, please provide a new reference and, preferably, a photo of him drinking a tall boy. Don't just link to an article from yesterday when his death was in question. Inoculatedcities 19:02, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you - this has been quite frustrating. ellF 19:14, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

What's in a name?
Mr. Butch preferred to be addressed as MR. Butch, the article should not refer to "Butch", as he would have corrected the speaker to address him respectfully as Mr. Butch. I was a roommate and close friend of Mr. Butch during the early 1980s. Mr. Butch had a basement apartment around the corner from Berklee School of Music he let my boyfriend & me stay in. I don't believe he was a veteran; neither he, nor his cousin who stayed with us for a while and told many stories from Mr. Butch's upbringing, ever mentioned that. Mr. Butch's "rationale" for choosing to live as he did was philosopical and he lived true to his beliefs - eschewing materialism was fundamental to his concept of individual freedom

movie external link has changed
hi, the external link for the film "searching for mister butch" in this article is old. the movie is available (for now) at http://www.postwar.nl/media/searching_for_mr_butch.mov s g collins -- postwar.nl 82.95.138.136 (talk) 22:32, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Age of Death
The paragraph about his death claims he was 56 but the birthdate and deathdate at the top of the page indicate he became only 55. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.90.236.155 (talk) 16:04, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 00:34, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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