The question of who is the mysterious "Piano Man" ? the man who turned up last April in a British town with no name and apparently no ability to identify himself ? has finally been solved. Now the question is why it took so long to identify the German native. NBC News Andy Eckardt reports.
His virtuoso performances captivated his carers and his studied sketches of a grand piano produced in an all-encompassing silence pointed to a tortured genius.
A mysterious patient at a British hospital who did not speak for months but reportedly loved to play the piano is a German national who has been discharged and returned to his native country, officials said Monday.
Lawyers for the mysterious 'Piano Man' who turned up on a British beach four months ago said that their client was mentally ill and had not faked his symptoms.
LONDON -- The mystery surrounding an institutionalized drifter known as the "Piano Man" for his musical performances in a British hospital has been solved, with the German government saying the 20-year-old is from Bavaria.
LONDON - The mystery surrounding an institutionalized drifter known as the "Piano Man" for his musical performances in a British hospital has been solved, with the German government saying the 20-year-old is from Bavaria, officials said Monday.