Pancho Billa, who touched so many hearts, kept Buffalo close until the end
Ezra Castro, a prominent member of the Bills Mafia known to thousands of football fans as Pancho Billa, has died of cancer Tuesday morning in Texas. Read more: https://buffalonews.com/2019/05/14/gallery12243/
Read about the man behind the mask: https://buffalonews.com/2019/04/18/pancho-billa-ezra-castro-cancer-buffalo-bills-fan-bills-mafia/
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Through his own jubilant sincerity, Ezra Castro became the rarest of 21st century figures: In a time when the digital world thrives on division and conflict, he was a galvanizing figure who brought together a world even beyond Western New York.
Many have seen Pancho Billa, the character Ezra Castro played, at Buffalo Bills games, stadium parking lots and the NFL draft. Fewer have seen Castro undergoing treatment for cancer. When columnist Sean Kirst and photographer James P. McCoy chronicled Castro’s hospital stay last month, Castro wanted to make sure he had the opportunity to thank Bills fans for accepting
