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Wesley Lawrence Willis (May 31, 1963 – August 21, 2003) was an American musician and visual artist. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1989, Willis began a career as an underground singer-songwriter in the outsider music tradition.
Apr 22, 2016 · It comes courtesy of a man who otherwise appears diametrically opposed to any kind of rock-star convention: a 300lb, sweat-suited, diagnosed schizophrenic from Chicago named Wesley Willis.
Remembering Wesley Willis, Ten Years Later. As we sung along to his spiteful, minimalist lyrics, Wesley's craft always brought us closest together via the least punk thing imaginable—corporate...
Aug 25, 2003 · Wesley Willis, a 6-foot-4, 320-pound former homeless man who channeled his schizophrenia into an unlikely career as a rock music cult hero, died Thursday. He was 40.
Aug 22, 2003 · favorite products and indie rock musicians into a cult following, died on Thursday night at a hospice in Illinois; he was forty. The garrulous rocker released more than fifty albums containing ...
Wesley Willis (1963–2003) was an American musician and street artist diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Wesley was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Aug 29, 2003 · Wesley Willis, an artist and cult fixture on the Chicago underground music scene who made several albums of his music, died on Aug. 21 in Evanston, Ill. He was 40.
