March 8, 2023
by Karina Romero
LOS ANGELES – Even when life got rough, music never left Ben Shirley’s side.
After playing in small-town bars in Texas, the concert and film composer moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in rock and roll. But alcohol addiction took its toll and Shirley found himself homeless on Los Angeles’ notorious Skid Row, where the city’s most desperate down-and-out have slept on the sidewalks for decades.
He credits the Midnight Mission, one of the charities caring for the unhoused on Skid Row, for turning his life around.
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