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There was an error in our post on New Year’s Eve 2008, namely, Orin Andrus is not (repeat NOT) dead. This is easily the happiest correction PQLiving has ever issued.
You may remember our post about discovering on Christmas morning in an issue of Street Sense that the former homeless vendor had died earlier in 2008. The details from that late December issue of Street Sense were sparse, but there was no reason to doubt the story. There was some question in our comments section about how he had died (calls to the Medical Examiner’s office in the aftermath of our post further added to the mystery), but we were never able to obtain details.
Street Sense is our source for the happy news as well, they were eyewitnesses this time. In their current issue (Vol. 6, Issue 10) Orin is on the cover with a large headline reading “I’M NOT DEAD!” The article by Mary Otto details how earlier this month Orin walked into the Street Sense office “healthy and tan.” Otto’s article goes on to note that what has happened recently in Orin’s life has all been positive. Orin landed a good paying landscaping job in Arlington that allowed him to rent himself a “small room.”
So to all of you who mourned with us, know that we felt real sorrow in the winter of 2008. We hope you now share our tremendous joy in the spring of 2009.
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Thanks for the update – happy news on a Tuesday morning!