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Speaker 1: Bob Aliano spent sixty seven years giving haircuts at rialto

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Speaker 1: barbershop in Roslindale.

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Speaker 2: Left a legacy behind. He's just so wonderful and you

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Speaker 2: will surely be missed.

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Speaker 1: Current owner Vicki Elias worked alongside Aliano for decades and

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Speaker 1: held back tears as she reminisced on their time together.

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Speaker 2: He treated me like a daughter always, and it was

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Speaker 2: just I'm proud to have worked next to him all

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Speaker 2: these years.

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Speaker 1: Aliano continued cutting hair until last week, and the barber

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Speaker 1: shop will continue to keep his legacy alive.

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Speaker 2: In life, there are a lot of ups and downs,

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Speaker 2: and the only thing stable was this barbershop. You know,

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Speaker 2: it's something that you can always come back to when

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Speaker 2: times are tough, and it's his spirit is here.

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Speaker 1: Bob Alliano was eighty eight years old from Roslindale. I'm

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Speaker 1: Jared Brosnan WBZ, Boston's news radio