A pity — RIP.

I’m sure i’ve seen and heard him plenty of times having walked to the Kingdome and the new stadiums more times than I’ll ever remember, esp. as a kid, but he didn’t carve out a place in my memory like the late ‘Bill the Beer Man’ because of Bill’s rally-cries inside the stadium. Even though he is cared for as part of Seahawk lore, I didn’t really have much of a connection with The Tuba Man, but if he has any family out there, my thoughts and prayers are with them. May justice be served on the assailant(s)!

I remember Tuba Man more vividly from Sonic games than ’Hawk games – but he was definitely a piece of the fabric around here. Just a tragic story and depressing for reasons that have nothing to do with sports, but a cruel final dagger to the year Seattle has had.

RIP

that’s terrible. when i was younger i gave him some cash every time i saw him. that’s a pity.

For some reason this really hurts. This man was truely a part of the Seattle sports experience. I remember him more vividly than the ballgames my father took me to as a child. As I’ve gotten older and had a child of my own it almost seems like this is the end of an era. I feel like these worthless punks that did this have stolen something from us all.

My guess is that to most people, he might have just been some nice background noise while leaving a stadium or concert hall. I can’t speak for everyone who felt they “knew” him… but I’m not looking forward to the silence.

The one thats actually shaped as a Hawk, I don’t know why but for some reason that stuck in my head because I remember noticing it was the first time I had seen him wear it….

I hope those punk ass kids are tried as adults and get the maximum punishment…..bullshit as helpless 55 year old man who never did anything to hurt anyone cant walk the streets without some punk ass kids thinking they are tough. You want to see tough, jump someone tough you assholes!!1