Seattle sports fixture 'Tuba Man' dies

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/jamieson/386267_robert04xx.html

SEATTLE (AP) - A street musician known to Seattle sports fans for playing the tuba and wearing funny hats outside stadiums has been robbed and beaten to death.

Police say 53-year-old Edward McMichael was attacked Saturday after midnight. Our newspaper partner, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, reports he was treated for head wounds and died Sunday or Monday at home.

Police have two juvenile suspects in custody. Gang and homicide detectives are looking for three more.

P-I columnist Robert Jamieson writes that "Tuba Man' played "Happy Days are Here Again" outside the Kingdome in 1995 when the Mariners made their postseason run, and matched other songs to the fate of the Sonics or Seahawks. He also played outside McCaw Hall on opera nights.


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[SeattleGirl]

1. That is so sad.

I go to a lot of Mariners games, so I know who he was.

Damned thugs who did this!

Karma's a bitch, y'all!

RIP, Mr. McMichael.

[LisaM]

2. This is horrible. I wish those kids had to answer to the public for this.

The overriding question is WHY?

I saw him at lots of games, but did you know he also went to plays and concerts? I went to the Symphony to hear "Bolero" once, and when we came out, there he was, playing it.