Man About Town

Inge Hooker

Hal Campbell is known around Danville, where he strolls downtown talking to everyone he meets. Hal Campbell, 75, strolls through Danville's Constitution Square on his way to dinner at the Blue Grass Beach House in downtown Danville, K

Hal Campbell, 75, holds a book close to his eyes to make out the shape of the picture. Campbell is almost completely blind and can only see shapes and light.

Hal Campbell, 75, listens to classical music on National Public Radio late into the night. Campbell is an avid listener and player of classical music

Hal Campbell, 75, crosses the street in downtown Danville. Campbell was diagnosed with glaucoma in 1996 and is now considered legally blind. He said he cannot see when the stop lights change, and only knows when to cross the street by the sound of cars passing. Retired police officer Rick Bottom said that the police station has received many calls from drivers about an older man in the middle of the street, and they know that it is Campbell. "I am surprised he hasn't got hit," said Bottom. "I wish he could see.

Hal Campbell, 75, plays a baby grand piano in the lobby of Centre College's Norton Center for the Arts building. Campbell, who has played the piano since he was 6-years-old, goes to Centre almost every day to practice the pian

Hal Campbell, 75, plays a baby grand piano in the lobby of Centre College's Nortan Hall. Campbell said he goes almost every day to practice piano.

Saturday morning, Hal Campbell, 75, eats at his regular breakfast spot the Red Rooster Cafe in downtown Danville, Ky

Early Thursday morning, Hal Campbell, 75, eats breakfast at the Red Rooster cafe in downtown Danville, Ky. Campbell is a regular at the Red Rooster and comes there almost every day. Campbell is know around town as a brilliant man. "I can't believe all of the stuff he knows," exclaimed Rick Bottom, an eight-year patron at the cafe. "He's got a mind like a steel trap!

Hal Campbell, 75, strolls around downtown Danville every day to stop and chat with locals. "I have a photographic memory," he said

Rachel Gray helps Hal Campbell, 75, up the small hill to his apartment on East Walnut Street. Campbell said that by the way he wobbles up the hill people must think that he is drunk. "I just need a beer bottle in my hand," he joked.