RIP Cyril. Good bye to a legend. so many stories...bomb smuggler for the IRA. US Marine in Vietnam. Raging alcoholic who managed to live to 77 (the length, depth, and breadth of Cyrils alcoholism is legendary even among legendary drunks)
made millions off his little roadside bar and fish shack, maybe a tenth of it reported to IRS. Dodging the feds, the local town ordinances etc. fighting off burglars. This particular pirate looked at 40, poured himself a tall glass of rum at 7 am, and lived another 37 years. I had the pleasure of drinking with him from the age of 17. His bartenders, always local hotties, knew me well, and knew full well how young I was but Cyril insisted I was untouchable, even though his place was always raided by the fuzz targeting underage drinking. although it speaks volumes to the drunk I would become (or already was) that was the beginning of years of drunken fun with Cyril, whether it was drinks at his bar at 9 am after a morning surf, or getting black out drunk with him at one of the other watering holes...so many epic hazy memories. This obit barely scratches the surface.
RIP Cyril Fitzsimmons
made millions off his little roadside bar and fish shack, maybe a tenth of it reported to IRS. Dodging the feds, the local town ordinances etc. fighting off burglars. This particular pirate looked at 40, poured himself a tall glass of rum at 7 am, and lived another 37 years. I had the pleasure of drinking with him from the age of 17. His bartenders, always local hotties, knew me well, and knew full well how young I was but Cyril insisted I was untouchable, even though his place was always raided by the fuzz targeting underage drinking. although it speaks volumes to the drunk I would become (or already was) that was the beginning of years of drunken fun with Cyril, whether it was drinks at his bar at 9 am after a morning surf, or getting black out drunk with him at one of the other watering holes...so many epic hazy memories. This obit barely scratches the surface.
RIP Cyril Fitzsimmons