Robert Nelson - San Francisco, CA
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N 37° 48.611 W 122° 24.631
10S E 551888 N 4184918
Robert Nelson- The Butterfly Man.
Waymark Code: WMMP4C
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2014
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This sign is located near the end of Pier 39 in San Francisco.
The sign reads:
"Robert Nelson's performance at
Pier 39 in the 1970s and 1980s
inspired a generation of street
performers in San Francisco and
around the world.
The Butterfly Man, as he was
known, was brash, hilarious and
always kept the audience laughing.
'How can you count
or know the amount
or the value of a man?
By the show displayed
or the beauty made
by the touch of the jugglers' hands.'
Robert Nelson
The Butterfly Man
September 16, 1949 - August 27, 2012"
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