to find out more about Rapo, and his life was later chronicled in Finland through newspaper interviews and articles. In 1988 Rapo's collection was displayed at the Martinus Hall in Vantaa. Bob Dylan incidents Rapo tried to obtain Bob Dylan's autograph on a number of occasions. Dylan apparently disliked this. There are accounts of a 1989 encounter between Dylan and Rapo in Helsinki, where Dylan allegedly shouted at Rapo to stop following him. Rapo nevertheless went the next day to Dylan's hotel but Dylan, signing autographs for a younger crowd, left the area upon spotting Rapo. In 1996, Rapo and Dylan crossed paths again, at a music festival. According to Rapo, Dylan told him that he didn't like giving autographs to adults, and stepped away. Later years Rapo did not stop autograph hunting until late in his life when, affected by diabetes complications, he scheduled fewer autograph-seeking dates. Rapo's illness forced him to stay at home for a large part of his final few years, until he died in 2004. His death was relayed by Finnish newspapers to readers across the nation. Auction Shortly after Rapo's death, his autograph collection was auctioned by well known dealer Martin Sinisalo in Helsinki. His biography "Hei anna nimmari - Eki-Sedän stoori" by Tomi Lindblom & Jukka Hakkinen was published in 2006. References 1946 births 2004 deaths Finnish collectors