I can't remember off the top of my head what his name is/was, but someone will have the answer for you I'd imagine. He was referred to by name in loads of articles at the time (saying he'd been going since the 30s/40s, etc) , I just can't recall the name right now. It's not a very Google-friendly query unfortunately.
I think he was called Stevie something for some reason, but I'm probably totally wrong there.