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He used to show up once in a while near Court Street in Brooklyn. He was always fascinating to watch. I just mentioned to my co-worker that he passed away and she said she had bought four of his peelers,but that she could never work them like him. After reading several stories about him on the Internet, I'm sorry I didn't ever buy a peeler. I just hope Mrs. Ades reads some of the posts about him to see how much people will miss him, even though they didn't even know his name. Whether he made a fortune doing it or just got by, I won't feel differetly either way, although I'd kind of like to know. He reminds me of that pitchman in an old Twlight Zone episode. I hope he got to make one last, great pitch before he moved on.