The Resume

(September 29, 1936-August 23, 2012)
Born in Elcho, Wisconsin
Career criminal and author
Wrote the autobiographical novel 'Drugstore Cowboy'
Died of mesothelioma at 75 in prison

Why he might be annoying:

He began stealing cars at age 12.
As an adult, his longest stint outside jail lasted three years.
He specialized in robbing pharmacies.
He was caught by police in a drugstore having fallen asleep with loot worth $10,000 stuffed in paper bags.
He preferred taking morphine and opiates but would also do cocaine and heroin.
The Los Angeles Times wrote that he 'blew every chance he had to go straight.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was beaten by his father.
William S. Burroughs praised 'Drugstore Cowboy' for its 'hallucinatory reality.'
'Drugstore Cowboy' was the basis for a critically acclaimed Gus Van Sant film (1989).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 44]
• Criminals
• I Abused Cocaine
• I Abused Heroin
• I Abused Morphine
• I Abused Opium
• I Did Not Graduate High School [F-I]
• I Died in 2012 (Ranked: 75)
• I Died in Jail
• I Have Mesothelioma
• My Dad was Violent/Abusive
• On Trial 2011
• Profiles 33251-33500 (Ranked: 33359)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 10.53% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 79 Votes: 79.75% Annoying