Is Sonny Payne still around?

I was reading a NY Times article from 2004 about Sonny Payne, the older gent who used to ride the F train all the time and I realized I haven't seen him in a very long time.

Is he still around? Am I just missing him or is he not around any more?

I remember hearing someone else using his speech one time on the A train and people booed that guy.

i haven't seen him in awhile. can you post a link to the article you spoke about? i'd like to read it.

Here is the link to the article

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E7D61F3CF935A25756C0A9629C8B63

I have not seen him in years. but I used to often.

thanks turtle!

I'm pretty sure I've seen him in the last few months...but I could be wrong.