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Where is the Umbrella Man statue that used to reside outside the Prince Theater?

Known popularly as “Umbrella Man,” he stepped forward, as if signaling a cab in the rain. He was last seen in front of the then-Prince Music Theater. But sometime in 2015, along with the Prince, he disappeared.

Stogie-smoking Elvis Mitchell (left) clowns with the Rev. Al Sharpton in front of the J. Seward Johnson sculpture "Allow Me," outside of Prince Music Theater, before Aug. 25, 2008, screening of the HBO documentary "The Black List, Volume One," which Mitchell coproduced.
Stogie-smoking Elvis Mitchell (left) clowns with the Rev. Al Sharpton in front of the J. Seward Johnson sculpture "Allow Me," outside of Prince Music Theater, before Aug. 25, 2008, screening of the HBO documentary "The Black List, Volume One," which Mitchell coproduced.Read moreHughE Dillon