He got his nickname because of how quickly he walked around car shows.
reported. He was still driving a 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo when he was 102, according to the newspaper.reported.
“He’s got a following,” David Farias, of Portsmouth, told the newspaper in 2018. “He’s a big to-do in Westport.”. He was also the owner of the Boston Post Cane for the Town of Westport, which honors the town’s oldest citizen., Beaulieu had nine children -- he outlived five of them -- 22 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and 22 great-great-grandchildren. He was married twice and had 83 descendants.
He was married to Etta Louise Pettengill in 1939; she died in 1964. He married his second wife, Helen F. Mattison, in 1966. She died in 2017.Like the automobiles he loved, Beaulieu was a classic. Citizens of Westport put together a car parade of more than 100 vehicles to drive past his home when Beaulieu turned 104,“Aw, man. He’s awesome, he’s an inspiration for everybody around here,” neighbor Brian Soares told the newspaper at the time.
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