Family, Friends, Poets, And Supporters Remember Will Da Real One

A woman cried out: "Why God? Why did you have to take Will? He was a good man!" Her friends embraced her and wept along with her. A light sun shower sprinkled them, as if Will Da Real One was sending a message from up on high to them and...

By Francisco Alvarado

May 31, 2011

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A woman cried out: "Why God? Why did you have to take Will? He was a good man!" Her friends embraced her and wept along with her. A light sun shower sprinkled them, as if Will Da Real One was sending a message from up on high to them and the more than two dozen people who came to show him love and respect yesterday during a sunset candlelight vigil.

Relatives, friends, poets, and fans of slain Miami poet Willie Lee Bell were outside his spot, The Literary and Poetry Lounge, where he was inexplicably and brutally gunned down by an unknown assailant in the early morning this past May 28.

Catch Poettis (real name: Katrina Holder) reciting a soulful eulogy praising Bell's guiding influence in her life and other scenes from the vigil in the video below:

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Francisco Alvarado was born in Nicaragua and grew up in Miami, giving him unique insight into the Magic City and all its dark corners. An investigative reporter with a knack for uncovering corruption, Alvarado made his bones as a staff writer at Miami New Times and remains in dogged pursuit of the next juicy story.

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