He loved to talk and had a huge heart. Locals share stories of N.J.’s Famous River Hot Dog Man.
Updated May 13, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
Greg Crance, who, since 1987, operated a hotdog stand on a platform stationed in the middle of the Delaware River. Crance died Monday of complications related to COVID.
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He had a heart that was as big as anything.
That’s how a close friend of Greg Crance, ubiquitous for his role as the Famous River Hot Dog Man, described him in the wake of his death on Monday from COVID-related complications.
“He was very passionate about his business and did everything he could as far as the (Delaware) River goes to clean it,” said Wes Siegel, a resident of Delaware Township. “I know him and his boys and his employees once a year would go up and down the river and clean all of the garbage that they would find.