Overdue acclaim for Eddie Gilbert, a fast man cut short

By Peter Hanlon
Updated July 3 2015 - 9:13pm, first published 7:07pm

When Eddie Barney visited his Dad in the psychiatric hospital where he spent the last 25 years of his life, he'd look at him hard then smile. "Oh Eddie! You're my boy! You're named after me!"

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