Shoe-shiner who gave $200K in tips to hospital dies at 76
PITTSBURGH - (AP) -- A part-time shoe-shiner who donated more than $200,000 in tips over 30 years to a Pittsburgh children's hospital died early Tuesday.
Albert Lexie died of an undisclosed health condition, according to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center officials. He was 76.
Every Tuesday and Thursday for more than three decades, Lexie left his home in Monessen around 5 a.m. to shine shoes at UMPC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh over 30 miles (48 kilometers) away. He donated his tips to the hospital's Free Care Fund, which helps support under- and uninsured children in western Pennsylvania.
https://www.newsday.com/long-island...00k-in-tips-to-hospital-dies-at-76-1.22053772
From Wikipedia:
Lexie built himself a shoeshine box while in eighth grade shop class at Monessen High School, the last year he attended school. In June 1999, he was awarded an honorary diploma from Monessen High School.
I will never bitch about my 2nd-rate education again...
PITTSBURGH - (AP) -- A part-time shoe-shiner who donated more than $200,000 in tips over 30 years to a Pittsburgh children's hospital died early Tuesday.
Albert Lexie died of an undisclosed health condition, according to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center officials. He was 76.
Every Tuesday and Thursday for more than three decades, Lexie left his home in Monessen around 5 a.m. to shine shoes at UMPC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh over 30 miles (48 kilometers) away. He donated his tips to the hospital's Free Care Fund, which helps support under- and uninsured children in western Pennsylvania.
https://www.newsday.com/long-island...00k-in-tips-to-hospital-dies-at-76-1.22053772
From Wikipedia:
Lexie built himself a shoeshine box while in eighth grade shop class at Monessen High School, the last year he attended school. In June 1999, he was awarded an honorary diploma from Monessen High School.
I will never bitch about my 2nd-rate education again...
