For years, he always had a smile and kind word to go with his slices of pineapple, papaya and watermelon.
Today, Chulalongkorn University students, alumni and faculty are mourning the death of a man known on campus as “Uncle Fruit” following his death early this morning due to COVID-19.
A fruit vendor who was a common sight at the downtown university, Baksia Saelim died of coronavirus complications at 2:40am Tuesday, according to his Facebook fan page. He was believed to be in his late 60s.
“It’s very devastating news. I often ate his watermelon,” Fairytopiaclub tweeted. “Whenever I felt upset [at the university], I would come down to buy this uncle’s fruit. I liked talking to him because he always told my fortune. How many more lives must be lost because of failed management? I’m so angry.”
