I hear he was an extraordinary man..! someone who can light up the whole room with his smile. This extraordinary man had an extra special zest for fiddling and for life.
People liked him right off,” Louis Benoit said of his late father, who died Friday afternoon at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax of complications following an operation at the age of 83. “He was just an all-around good guy,” he said of the Trenton-born man, who lived south of the border for a few years as a child but spent much of his life in Arichat and Halifax. “He was never rich or anything, but he was generous with his time.
“Indeed, the modest but mighty talented musician started sharing tunes with the world at five years old, playing harmonica for the people of Watertown, Mass.
“He busked on the streets,” Louis said. “He was actually hiding the money under his porch and treating all the kids to candy. His mother probably didn’t really like it and put a stop to it, I think.”
Wished I had gotten to see him at least played once. Rest in peace Mr Benoit.