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Chicago’s Walking Man wandered alone for decades. Loved ones say: ‘He observed everything. That was his adventure.’

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I used to see him walking all the time downtown about 15 years ago. Very sad what happened to him (multiple times).

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LostRedditor reply

Crazy, sad story.

(I'll never forgive you for Lem, BTW)

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simsym reply

Same here. My wife has seen/known about him for a while and was heartbroken hearing what happened to him.

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