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Local homeless man with awesome voice

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Yes, the man has an awesome voice and I hope he succeeds.

That being said, I will not be surprised if he relapses within weeks of his new gig in Cleveland.

He's breaking some major rules of AA and other support groups by publicly disclosing who he is and that he is a member. I mean, that is a pretty sacred rule (I don't go to AA, but I know people well who have been long time members). AA really doesn't want someone to come out and be a "face" or public figure of AA. That's what he is now. If he fails then it will be the example that AA doesn't work to someone who may need their assistance. Nevermind the thousands of people who are anonymously helped through their program every day.

If you believe his story (I hope it's true, but am skeptical), he's going to be leaving the support group that has kept him sober for the last 2 1/2 years. He's in the limelight now and being given 1st class treatment, going to have a free house and a cushy gig with the Cavs. That's great, but for a guy who has had several long term addictions, this is going to be the test of his life. Given the excitement, celebration, and coddling, it will be easier than ever for Ted to regress into the habits and addictions that got him in trouble.

Personally, I'm pretty skeptical of his story and his earnestness for turning things around. I won't be surprised to find out that a homeless drug addict conned everyone with his tale built on half truths. The man has had a rough life, I don't discount that, but I also feel that his story is not quite adding up. Let's just hope the Cavs hire him based on conditions of sobriety and multiple random drug tests.

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not buying this story at face value.
 
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his collection of mug shots...

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NBC & CBS hold the Williams family hostage in a petty war of morning show ratings.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/07/ted-williams-reunion-mother-delayed-networks_n_805681.html

The reunion of golden-voiced homeless man Ted Williams and the mother he had not seen for ten years was delayed by behind-the-scenes network wrangling over who would film the event.

NBC and CBS were engaged in a fierce war over Williams, whose story has captivated people since a video of him using his smooth baritone while asking for money went viral earlier in the week. CBS had scored the first interview with Williams (via satellite Wednesday), but then NBC managed to get him on a flight from Ohio to New York so he could go on the "Today" show Thursday.

That's when the situation gets murky. CBS and NBC sources tell two different stories. CBS brought Williams' mother, Julia, who lives in Brooklyn, to the airport in New York to meet her son Wednesday night. According to the CBS account, NBC, wanting to protect its exclusive, snuck Williams off the plane and into a van before the reunion could happen. An NBC source told the New York Post's Page Six that CBS' version was not true. "We didn't know his mom was at the airport," the source said.

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AP
I wonder how much money his daughter wanted:shake:
LOS ANGELES -- Ted Williams, the Ohio homeless man whose smooth radio voice made him an Internet sensation, had to do some quick talking to Los Angeles police.

Officers were called when Williams and his daughter got into a heated argument last night at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa, Officer Catherine Massey said.
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"I don't know how loud they were" but the argument at about 9 p.m. led to a disturbance report, Massey said today.

"It was minor. Both parties were angry but there were no signs of visible abuse," Massey said. "They were brought in, calmed down, talked to and released."

She said she did not know the nature of the argument.

Williams and his daughter, whom Massey declined to name, were held at the Hollywood police station for less than an hour and they were not arrested, she said.

It was not immediately clear whether the two returned to the hotel. Calls to a hotel marketing representative seeking comment were not immediately returned.

Williams' manager, Al Battle, declined to comment about or provide details of the incident but said a statement would be issued soon.

"Once we get all the facts, it'll be out there for everybody to have," he said in a brief phone interview with the Associated Press.

Williams, 53, trained to be a radio announcer but found his life derailed by drugs and alcohol in the 1990s. He has served time in prison for theft and forgery and has been cited with numerous misdemeanors, including drug abuse.

Williams became famous almost overnight after The Columbus Dispatch posted a web video of him last week. Viewers were enthralled to hear a deep, honeyed professional voice coming from the shabbily dressed man.
Since then, he has done a TV commercial for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, appeared on various news shows, recorded voiceover promos for cable news and was offered an announcing job with the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team.

Although he says he has been clean for more than two years, the recovering addict has acknowledged that it has been challenging dealing with sudden fame.
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"I wanted a nerve pill yesterday, to be honest with you," he told CBS on Friday.
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Poe McKnoe;1855863; said:
Going to assume we're at 'rising action' on the dramatic structure of this story.
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That may be the case for how much your average person cares about this story, but from what I've heard if he can stay clean he pretty much has a golden ticket in the voice-over business. Huge if. His best bet would be to hire a bodyguard that will beat his ass if he even looks at drugs or alcohol.
 
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