"I was the throw-back of my siblings. The black sheep. The only one to have fair skin and light hair. When I was little, maybe 6 or 7, I got a real bad sunburn. That's how I lost my ear. Skin cancer. See that tattoo on my ear of the four-leaf clover? I got that because my nickname was Irish. Even though my parents are from Hungary. That's how fair-skinned I was. People thought I was Irish. I also go by Billy the Kid. I don't use my last name. I was the bad one and when I left home I didn't want my actions to come back to my family."

He told me all of this in a very light-hearted manner. With little laughs between sentences. Don't let the black and white photo, the lost ear, or the quote mis-lead you. This was a very jolly fellow as far as I can tell.