Joybubbles

Who was Joybubbles?

Joybubbles, born Josef Carl Engressia, Jr. in Richmond, Virginia, USA, was an early phone phreak. Born blind, he became interested in telephones at age four. Gifted with absolute pitch, he was able to whistle 2600 hertz into a telephone. Joybubbles said that he had an IQ of “172 or something". Joybubbles died at his Minneapolis home on August 8, 2007. According to his death certificate, he died of "natural causes" with "congestive heart failure" as a contributing condition.