Leslie Arnold 'Sabu' Rex, street merchant and musician, dies at 57
LESLIE ARNOLD "SABU" REX knew something about how to survive on the street in the kind of bitter cold we've been having.
He mastered the "Street Vendor Shuffle."
He also knew to try to stay off concrete, if possible. Concrete holds the cold. Plant yourself on bricks or cardboard. And, of course, dress in layers of warm clothing.
But the main thing is the shuffle. Sabu invented his own version as he sold jewelry and other accessories that he designed and made himself, most recently at 11th and Market streets.
He was a fixture there for 20 years, but Sabu was also a popular drummer with musical groups in the city and in Germany, where he lived for a time.
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