Willie York, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1944
Place of Birth: Belzoni, Mississippi, United States
Date of Death: 23-Jan-2019
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Willie York
- Willie York (September 21, 1944 – January 23, 2019) was a resident of Peoria, Illinois who rose to regional notoriety for his decision to live as a member of that city’s homeless population for parts of five decades, despite offers of help from other people that included shelter and employment.York served in the army from 1963-1965 during the Vietnam War era.After leaving the Army and ending his marriage, York took to Peoria's streets.
- Generations of Peorians would get to know him as a common site in the city's South End during warmer months.
- York would typically commit a minor criminal offense each year once the weather turned cold in order to get himself sentenced to one of the local jails for the winter months, but with such a sentence that he would be released in the Spring, although he did spend one 21-month stint in federal prison for throwing an unlit Molotov cocktail at the Peoria Federal Courthouse.Suffering from complications of diabetes and prostate cancer, York died under hospice care in Peoria on the morning of January 23, 2019.
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