{"id":47783,"date":"2026-05-31T17:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=47783"},"modified":"2026-05-31T17:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:13:37","slug":"rip-joe-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/05\/31\/rip-joe-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Joe Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47787\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/05\/31\/rip-joe-brown\/2730212922_bda752e39c_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2730212922_bda752e39c_o.jpg?fit=540%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"540,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A430&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1154305164&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.111&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2730212922_bda752e39c_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2730212922_bda752e39c_o.jpg?fit=540%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47787\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2730212922_bda752e39c_o.jpg?resize=540%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2730212922_bda752e39c_o.jpg?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2730212922_bda752e39c_o.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/>We are saddened to hear of the passing of Italian Market staple <em>Joe Brown Tartaglia.<\/em> Shopping on 9th Street will not be the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are saddened to hear of the passing of Italian Market staple Joe Brown Tartaglia. 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