This was circa 2004-05, his name was Jimmy or Buddy. He'd come in to the Silver Spurs diner on Houston St. and LaGuardia, all excited about The Chin, and what the Chin had told him that day, which kind of caught my ear because The Chin was in the middle of his federal trial. It was never really anything of consequence because the old man was just running errands for the guys from the Chin's social club on Sullivan St in the Village. Buddy wasn't Italian, I believe he was Irish, and had boxed when he was younger and had lived in a rent stabilized apartment for many years. He stopped coming around after a few months and I think he passed away before the end of 2004. I thought it was pretty cool that he even managed to get in Gigante's presence