Beloved ‘shoeshine man’ Lexie dies

By KRISTIE LINDEN

klinden@yourmvi.com

“The Shoeshine Man,” Albert P. Lexie, who shined shoes at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for more than 30 years and donated over $200,000 in tips to a fund for patients, died Tuesday. He was 76.

Lexie took the bus from his home at Westgate Manor in Monessen to the hospital twice a week so he could raise money for the Free Care Fund to benefit the young patients, whom he often referred to as “my kids.”

To read the rest of this story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-314-0035 to subscribe or subscribe to our online edition at https://e.monvalleyindependent.com.