He's Wacko Hurley, and you don't need to say much more than that to describe him. Call him Wacko when you see him. For all intents, that's his name. By his best guess, he's had the name for 65 years. He knows the name can make people uncomfortable.
Some people find it hard to say.
They say 'John,' but that goes right by me. There's a lot of Johns. That's happened a few times. Over coffee at his kitchen table not long ago, the talk was interrupted plenty by the ringing phone. Hello . . .