| 词条 | Ronnie Woo Woo |
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Wickers grew up on the South Side of Chicago. Born premature and abused by his mother, he was raised by his grandmother, who brought him to his first Chicago Cubs games during the late 1940s.[3] Wickers explained in a 2004 Chicago Tribune interview that he started "wooing" in 1958 or 1959. "It just came to be. I had fun with it," he remarked.[1] He has remained a fixture at Wrigley Field ever since, even singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during a May 24, 2001 game.[4] In 2005, filmmaker Paul Hoffman released a documentary film about Wickers, called WooLife. The film premiered at the Chicago Historical Society.[3] Wickers worked nights as a custodian at Northwestern University for much of his life. After the deaths of both his grandmother and girlfriend in the 1980s, a distraught Wickers found himself homeless and without a stable job.[5] From 1984 to 1990, he attended Cubs games with donated tickets.[2] Wickers was absent at Wrigley Field games for a brief period in 1987, which prompted some Cubs fans to worry that he had died. He eventually contacted news organizations to say that he was alive and well. [6] Since 1990, most of Wickers' income has come from washing windows in the neighborhood around Wrigley Field. He also makes paid appearances at parties and has starred in local commercials.[1] In 2000, Chicago entertainer Erich “ Mancow” Mueller bought Woo Woo a set of dentures to improve his superfan appearance. Mancow spoke about this daily and had Woo Woo in the office and on the air at Q101 many times. Wickers was treated and released from Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical center after being hit by a car after a Cubs game on April 18, 2005. He has since recovered.[7] A minor controversy occurred after April 19, 2017, when Wickers was ejected from a Cubs game for not having a ticket. Wickers said that he had an electronic ticket, on the phone of a friend. According to Cubs management, the friend became verbally abusive when asked to produce the e-ticket, and the two were escorted out of Wrigley Field. Subsequently, Wickers attended a number of Cubs games without further incident.[8] As of 2018, Ronnie is still attending Cubs games, taking pictures with fans and tourists alike. See also
References1. ^1 2 {{cite news|first=William|last=Hageman|title=A Fan in Winter|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=27 February 2004}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|first=Maura|last=Kelly|title='Leather Lungs' a hit at Wrigley, wooing fans with schtick and song|publisher=Boston Globe|date=28 May 2001}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|first=Dave|last=Hoekstra|title=Woo Who|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|date=1 April 2005}} 4. ^{{cite news|first=Ron|last=Rapoport|title=Like it or not, Ronnie represents Cubs spirit|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|date=24 May 2001}} 5. ^{{cite news|first=Jeff|last=Carroll|publisher=Northwest Indiana Times|date=3 March 2005}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Cubs get their fan|publisher=New York Times|date=28 May 2007}} 7. ^{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Konkol|authorlink=Mark Konkol|title=Car hits 'Woo Woo,' leaves him with boo-boo|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|date=April 19, 2005|page=18}} 8. ^{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Sullivan |date=May 12, 2017 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-cubs-fan-ronnie-woo-woo--harassment--20170512-column.html |title=Ronnie 'Woo Woo' Claims Harassment: 'I'll Take It All the Way to the Supreme Court' |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=September 14, 2017}} External links
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