LONDON — A decade after a frustratingly unintelligible interview with George Major, the self-proclaimed Pearly King of Peckham, the memory of that encounter has taken on new poignancy. Major, who passed away on August 1 at the age of 88, was a vibrant fixture of London’s East End, known for his dazzling mother-of-pearl attire and his impenetrable dialect of Cockney rhyming slang and
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Sad to hear he’s gone. Ten years ago I thought he was just being difficult, not dialect-heavy.
The article cuts off mid-sentence, but his spirit seemed truly bright despite the language barrier.