Sidewalk Sam with admirers and one of his smaller works. Photo by Matt Bargar.
Bob Guillemin, better known to Bostonians as Sidewalk Sam for his sidewalk murals, died at his Newton home Sunday, the Globe reports.
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A Boston treasure
By HarryMattison
Tue, 01/27/2015 - 4:41pm
He brought to thousands (if not millions?) of people. RIP
Sad
By Felicity
Tue, 01/27/2015 - 4:53pm
I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times and he was so sweet and lovely. My condolences to his family.
An institution for many years
By anon
Tue, 01/27/2015 - 5:01pm
Farewell to a Boston institution.
so sad...
By kevin.mccrea
Tue, 01/27/2015 - 10:03pm
I had many wonderful conversations with him over the years, usually while he was inviting people to let their inner child break free of the paradigms of 'respectable' society. What type of serious person could, god forbid, enjoy coloring a sidewalk and bring beauty to the world.
Of course (being me) we ended up talking government and how much he had been hassled by the various administrations for his 'vandalism'. We joked that if I actually became Mayor I would make him artist in residence.
The world needs more sidewalk Sams and fewer rules enforcers. We lost a great today.
With love.
Kevin
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