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CHICAGO -- Sister Paul Wilson has seen a lot of human suffering in her nearly six decades as a nun. So when she met Joseph Kromelis, who suffered horrific burns after being set on fire as he slept on a Chicago street, she didn’t flinch. She reached for his hand and told him she had been praying for him. Wilson wanted, she said, to show him he was loved. When she asked if she could visit him ...

Family and friends have shed light on a famous Chicago resident known as the Walking Man, who loved to stroll the streets he lived on until his horrific murder last year.

Joseph Kromelis, Chicago’s Walking Man, was a familiar figure to thousands – and a mystery even to those who loved him. This is his story.

Joseph Kormelis, 75, known as The Walkign Man of Chicago, died on Sunday at 4.08pm, the Cook County Medical Examiners Office revealed.

Joseph Kromelis, 75, died Sunday afternoon, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Doctors initially said the 75-year-old was not expected to recover.

A beloved Chicago fixture, Joseph Kromelis, 75, known as the Walking Man is clinging to life after Joseph Guardia, 23, doused him with gasoline then set him ablaze. He burned for three minutes

Detectives used surveillance video to track the suspected attacker from downtown Chicago to Melrose Park. A police officer who knew him since childhood alerted authorities after he saw a public bulletin.

For decades there has been something reassuring about spotting the mysterious long-haired dude (real name: Joseph Kromelis) strolling the city sidewalks. Now he’s fighting for his life.

Easter eggs are pretty easy to find Stephen King storie, but one reference in The Shawshank Redemption has us spinning with the possibility of a deeper meaning.