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Most Union Square Greenmarket-goers are familiar with the old man with the British accent who sits at the northern corner of the park during the Greenmarket days, selling vegetable peelers to crowds of onlookers. His name was Joe Ades, and he died on Saturday at the age of 75. He was a fixture for the market and he will be missed. [NYT]

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