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Dignitaries, Street Folk Turn Out for Fast Eddie's Funeral
Last Updated Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:50:19 EDT
MONCTON, N.B. - Six judges were among the honorary pall bearers Tuesday at the Moncton funeral of a street person known as "Fast Eddie."
The judges joined street people, police officers, athletes and local politicians in a church to pay their respects to Eddie Leger, also known as "Eddie the Bum."
Eddie Leger
He was an alcoholic who died of liver cancer at the age of 74 after living on the streets of Moncton for five decades.
Leger often begged in front of the Roman Catholic cathedral where his funeral was held.
"It was a Who's Who of Moncton," the city's mayor, Lorne Mitton, told CBC Newsworld after the funeral. "The street people got up to tell stories about Eddie. It was a spectacle to see."
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