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Kate Spade

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has anyone heard about this story?  it's so bizarre! http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050516/od_nm/britain_piano_dc;_ylt=AuFGFE2tatiX1KchkaV2zz0SH9EA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


Silent 'Piano Man' poses beach riddle





Mon May 16,10:38 AM ET



A smartly dressed man found wandering in a soaking wet suit near an English beach has baffled police and care workers after he refused to say a word and then gave a virtuoso piano performance.


The man, wearing a formal black suit and tie, was spotted by police in Kent on April 8 and taken to a psychiatric unit where it proved impossible to identify him because he stayed silent.


It was only after he was given a pen and paper that care-givers were given an intriguing clue to his possible background when he drew an intricate picture of a grand piano.


He was taken to the hospital's chapel where he played classical music on the piano for hours.


However, despite his picture being posted on the National Missing Persons Helpline's (NMPH) Web site, no one has come forward to identify him.


"Very little is known about him as he has not been speaking with staff at the hospital where he is being cared for, but he has a talent for playing classical piano," an NMPH spokesman said in a statement. Newspapers said members of the public had contacted authorities to say they may have seen the man giving concert performances around Europe.


The Daily Telegraph said the man, in his 20s or 30s, is believed to be English and may have suffered a mental breakdown.


His story echoes the 1996 Oscar-winning film "Shine," in which actor Geoffrey Rush played Australian pianist David Helfgott, who overcame a nervous breakdown to return to performing.



  he looks so sad

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I just read this in my paper this morning.  Very strange indeed.  Hopefully they will be able to figure out who he is.

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Poor guy, wonder what he's been through.......

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Very interesting.  I saw it this morning on the news and thought his story would probably make a great movie.

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It's almost too similar to Shine. It looks like a prank or a publicity stunt...


 


 



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Call me cynical, but I immediately thought performance art/hoax/free publicity etc.

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he does look pretty disturbed in that photo, though.  how odd and yet, intriguing.  maybe i am getting sucked into a hoax, but i kind of want to know what happens with this mysterious man. 

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everytime i see his face, i think it's ryan phillepe promoting a new movie.  i'm severely sleep deprieved though



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"  everytime i see his face, i think it's ryan phillepe promoting a new movie.  i'm severely sleep deprieved though "
Haha, I thought the same thing!

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Thought I heard something today about this guy being a street performer?? Anyone heard the whole story?

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They thought he was a street performer, but then they confirmed he wasn't. I am really intrigues with this story for some odd reason. I been following up ever since they first put it on the news.

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This story is on Dateline right now (eastern time)

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I'm watching it too!

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Ah, I've been in England so much for business recently and this is all the Brits seem to be talking about...

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