Typically only responded with "Name" when asked for his name; a few
members of the Warhol circle knew him as Billy. Hence the sobriquet
"Billy Name".
Referenced in the The Velvet Underground song "That's The Story Of My Life"; "But
Billy said/That both those words (wrong and right) are dead... That's
the story of my life."
He returned to his hometown, Poughkeepsie, New York, after hitchhiking
around the U.S. After returning to Poughkeepsie, he went back to
college and got a graduate degree in business administration.
In August 2002, the United States Postal Service issued a stamp
featuring a photograph by him of Andy Warhol.
He met Andy Warhol while working as a waiter at Serendipity 3 at their
original location at 234 East 58th Street.