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'''Joe Bush''' (born c. 1941) was an [[organ grinder]] based in [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey]].
Bush began his organ-grinding career in 1975.  According to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "Now, with his 65th birthday approaching, Bush is the only organ grinder left in the New York area. He is barrel-chested and mustachioed. He wears red pants. On his shoulder sits George’s replacement, George II, reaching out for dollar bills with the tapered fingers of a tiny old man."
He performed with a [[capuchin monkey]] named Oscar.
Joe died April 7, 2023. The following excerpt from his [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/joseph-bush-obituary?id=51641558 obituary] describes his surviving relatives:
"Joe Bush of Cherry Hill, NJ passed away on April 7th 2023, at the age of 81, and 6 months after the passing of his late wife Sally A. Wolk. He is survived by his daughter, Lisa Bush and one grandson, and the late Anthony S. Bush, with 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. He is survived by his sister Beverly Coburn, brother Myron Smith and the late Robert Smith."
== References ==
* https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/joseph-bush-obituary?id=51641558
* {{Citation
| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-26-na-organgrinder26-story.html
| journal = [[Los Angeles Times]]
| last = Barry
| first = Ellen
| title = This Gig Is a Real Grind
|date=26 May 2006
}}
* {{Citation
| url = http://www.italystl.com/ra/2449.htm
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130127000703/http://www.italystl.com/ra/2449.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 27 January 2013
| journal = [[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]
| last = Sederstrom
| first = Jotham
| title = Old-Time Organs to Replay Coney
|date=23 March 2006
}}
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