Monday, September 14, 2015

LES Jewels died 2 years ago today



And someone placed memorial flyers with a rose at the entrances to Tompkins Square Park…





On Sept. 14, 2013, Joel Pakela, aka neighborhood fixture LES Jewels, was found unconscious on Avenue A at East Ninth Street. He died a short time later at Beth Israel. He was 43.

The Medical Examiner's office told The Villager that the cause of death was "blunt injuries of head," though "the manner of death is undetermined."

Previously on EV Grieve:
RIP LES Jewels (80 comments)

Memorials for LES Jewels in the East Village
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2015 at 9:28 PM

    Many people seem to know who killed him. Could someone with a sense of justice speak out?

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2015 at 3:16 AM

      Because it doesnt matter. He was our friend but he was a troublemaker occasionally and he got into a lot of confrontations. If it is who they say, then it was a. Messy drunken dispute and probably an overall accident. All these people hated the police and wouldnt want them involved no matter what.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2015 at 3:27 AM

    Ave A yuppies, your jugs of wine are safe RIP Jewels

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2015 at 8:42 AM

    Another crusty named Natas (that's Satan spelled backwards) whose pit bull attacked a couple of dogs and people last month was found dead. Does anyone know what happened?

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  4. VSeptember 15, 2015 at 9:40 AM

    Does anyone who knew Jewels and read a lot of his poetry think there's an audience if it were published? I only read a couple poems posted here/maybe at Bob's old site? and I thought he was pretty good.

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  5. DrBOPSeptember 15, 2015 at 11:54 AM

    Hard to be a saint in the city.

    Rest in rhythm LES Jewels.

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2015 at 7:50 PM

    Anonymous 8:42, Some say it was the ghost of LES Jewels what done it.

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  7. john penleySeptember 19, 2015 at 12:16 PM

    The cops investigated and declined to press charges because they said [I heard] that they were not sure about who actually did it since there were reports he may have been attacked or gotten into more than one altercation. The woman who said in public she kicked him showed up at his memorial and threatened to beat people up who said anything to her.She is a very tough and large woman and no one wanted to tangle with her. Jewels himself would probably not have wanted someone to go to jail over whatever happened. I really miss him.

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