The Homeless DJ 无家可归的DJ
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Here is a [b]heart-warming[/b] story to help you fight the freezing weather.
Two weeks ago, Ted Williams was homeless and [b]begging for change[/b] on the streets of Columbus in Ohio, USA. Now his [b]fortunes have been reversed[/b] because Mr Williams has that most valued of [b]commodities[/b], a natural 'radio voice'.
His [b]rags-to-riches[/b] journey started when a reporter with the Columbus Dis[url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=patch][color=#006699]patch[/color][/url] discovered Mr Williams on a street corner. The 53-year-old was holding a cardboard sign explaining that he was an ex-radio [b]announcer[/b] "[b]fallen on hard times[/b]".
The reporter videoed Ted Williams doing a [b]radio spot[/b] right there on the street corner. He had exactly the sort of [b]mellifluous[/b] voice that typifies American radio [b]adverts[/b] – unusually smooth, [b]rich[/b] and [b]commanding[/b].[img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2011-01-13/2c16102e49f6704259a64580fa285158.jpg[/img] [p=30, 2, left][b]Ted Williams was discovered on the streets of Columbus in Ohio.[/b][/p]
The video also featured a mini-interview with Williams, who was known in the local homeless community as 'Radio Man'. He told the Columbus Dis[url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=patch][color=#006699]patch[/color][/url]:
"The voice just became something of a development over the years and I went to [b]school[/b] for it. And then alcohol and drugs and a few other things became a part of my life."
The video [b]went viral[/b] on the internet and within days Mr Williams was appearing on chat shows, introducing NBC's Today Show and signing a contract to be the voice of the company Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Since then, there have even been rumours of a possible film role for 'Golden Voice'.
[b]This being[/b] an American [b]fairy tale[/b], everything has been captured on camera, even Ted Williams' [b]tearful[/b] reunion with his 90-year-old mother. He told her, "This reunion means more to me than anything I've been offered."
She offered her son some [b]tough love[/b], saying: "Please don't disappoint me."
Ted Williams has [b]been clean[/b] for two years, but some commentators fear that so much sudden media attention could be too much for anyone. Let's hope that Ted Williams' [b]American dream[/b] has a happy ending.
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