“Lots of people came to visit me [in the hospital]. The place was filling up,” Webb, 77, said days after he was released from Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. “They like me. I guess I’m a legend, and a legend in my own mind.”
Webb was admitted to the hospital on May 20 for an obstruction in his esophagus. He was released four days later and recovered at his brother and sister-in-law’s house in Showell.
“It got to the point where he couldn’t swallow, and he was a little dehydrated,” said his sister-in-law, Joan Webb. “But he’s doing well. He was up and about on Saturday.”
Much like Thrasher’s fries or Fisher’s Popcorn, Webb riding a bicycle or wearing an Elvis jumpsuit has been an Ocean City tradition for decades. Once word spread of his illness, dozens of well-wishers stopped by his hospital room and hundreds sent get well soon cards. Others took to Facebook to share their memories of spotting Webb on the boards.
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Best wishes for a full recovery, Boardwalk Elvis!
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ReplyDeleteI remember before he was an institution. Before the Elvis jump suit and boom box. He had a small transistor radio and sang into a pen or pencil or soda straw. Tanned beyond belief. The miles and miles on those boards and millions of faces he's seen he was part of the " Boardwalk" experience.
ReplyDeleteMan I first saw him in the late 60's. Hope he does OK. Such a sweet man, and never let the jerks harassing him on the boards get to him.
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