Those who knew Pate Mustajärvi tell what the legendary frontman of Popeda was like as a neighbor.
A good person, a fair and honest guy. Always cheerful.
That’s how the neighbors remember Pate Mustajärvi.
On the evening of Boxing Day, in front of Mustajärvi’s home, a growing crowd of candles shines on Kyntäjäntie in Ikur.
Grieving neighbors and acquaintances bid farewell to the legendary rocker.
– This is Pate’s childhood home, where he still lives now. Pate fell in this house and hurt himself, the next door neighbors Helena and Erkki they say.
– He was a polite and cheerful neighbor, we knew him since boyhood.
Helena and Erkki brought a candle to Pate Mustajärvi’s home. Juha Veli Jokinen
The couple puts down a candle. Erkki says that he talked to Pate months ago.
– I saw Pate in September and we talked. He had a prätkä just like me, says Erkki.
Also Laura, A fan and Linnea wanted to bring a candle to Pate’s home gate.
– Pate loved dogs, talked to them and paid attention to them. I named my dog Pate, Laura says.
Many candles had already been brought to the Mustajärvi home, when Laura, Fanni and Linnea placed their own. Juha Veli Jokinen
The jogging singer was a popular figure in the neighborhood and on the area’s gravel roads, neighbors say. One neighbor thinks that the fall and eating took away Pate’s energy.
– His smile was no longer so delicate, but he always said hello, the neighbor says.
Pate confessed to being a fan of the local sports club Ikurin Viree.
– The man always had something nice to say, his career never came to mind. An eternal resident of Ikur, the neighbors say.
Neighbors remember Mustajärvi as a good-natured person who always had something good to say. Juha Veli Jokinen