William ( Billy ) Kresge

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William ( Billy ) Kresge

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Some of you may remember the story about the guy that hula-hooped on the top of 14ers. That was Billy Kresge. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/sports ... ado-14ers/ Sadly he was killed in an auto accident in Florida recently. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/obitua ... ly-kresge/
I met him a few times and he did some work on the boiler for my house. He was a great guy ,full of life and will be missed. RIP Billy
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Super sad! We bumped into him on his first hoola hooped peak, Longs.
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I've never met him, but it's always sad to hear someone's life cut short by an accident.
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