Tag: Mr. Positive
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Preventative Medical Tips, Part One or What Would Carl Do?
Carl “Mr. Positive” Bentson knew what to do. Not use public restrooms.
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50 years in West 7th, Part Three
There is a certain amount of conceit necessary to record one’s life story! Let alone in three parts!! (you need room for all the!!!!) I…
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R.I.P. Carl Bentson 10-27-1974 to 12-18-2024
Sunday, August 3, 2025, 5:45 p.m. West 7th’s C.S.P.S. Hall was emptied out. Lights down, chairs and tables folded and put away. The band was…
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The Big Yellow Dumpster
I just returned from outside Carl “Mr. Positive’s” St. Clair home. He is six months gone from the West 7th speck on the old earth…
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Rest in Peace, Mr. Positive
I still grieve Mr. Positive, R.I.P. 12-18-25. Carl Lambert Bentson. Age 62. I’ve driven or walked by his house most every day for 30 years…
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Influencers for a Kinder World
It is fair to say that Carl Benston, AKA, Mr. Positive, never thought of himself as an influencer, at least not by the standards of…
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The Last Time I Saw Mr. Positive
The last time I saw Carl Bentson, he was laying on his back on his front steps. Eyes closed, glassy, kitty–wampus. His head on the…
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In Memoriam: Carl “Mr. Positive” Bentson
Carl “Mr. Positive” Bentson passed away on December 18. He was 62 Years old. A lifelong West 7th resident, Bentson was known as “Mr. Positive”…
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God Bless Carl Bentson
There is a hole in the heart of West 7th Street now. Carl Bentson, 62, has died. He was a friend of many of us…
