Grimes Poznikov, known as "The Human Jukebox, " was an American musician and entertainer, a fixture of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf in the 1970s and 1980s.
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10 Facts About Grimes Poznikov
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Grimes Poznikov was a street performer, who would wait in a decorated cardboard refrigerator box until a passerby offered him a donation and requested a song.
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Grimes Poznikov graduated from Neodesha High School in 1964 and continued his education at Cornell College, graduating in 1969 with a degree in psychology.
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Grimes Poznikov played as the Automatic Human Jukebox in Aquatic Park near the cable car turnaround, earning, in 1973, about $60 a week working two hours a day.
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Grimes Poznikov was featured on Charles Kuralt's “On the Road” show on CBS, “The Mike Douglas Show, ” and "To Tell the Truth" in San Francisco guidebooks, in Penthouse magazine, in Newsweek magazine, in Briarpatch Review and the Wall Street Journal.
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Grimes Poznikov got busted for selling marijuana to high school kids in 1982.
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Grimes Poznikov had repeated complaints, blocking the sidewalk, making noise.
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Grimes Poznikov's teeth were knocked out by police during the last arrest in the late 1980s, ending his ability to play trumpet.
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Grimes Poznikov lost his apartment, stayed with friends and then on the streets.
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Grimes Poznikov was survived by his sister, Jenny Predpelski of Overland Park, KS; girlfriend, Susan "Harmony" Tanner; and two brothers, Greg Poznik of Madison, Wis.
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