Robert Harrill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobert Harrill
American hermit
Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1893
Place of Birth: Gaffney, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 03-Jun-1972
Profession: farmer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Robert Harrill
- Robert E.
- Harrill (February 2, 1893 – June 3, 1972) was an American man known as "The Fort Fisher Hermit".
- He became a hermit in 1955 at the age of 62 after a string of unsuccessful and unsatisfying jobs and a failed marriage.
- Harrill hitchhiked to Fort Fisher on the North Carolina Coast from Morganton, North Carolina, a distance of 260 miles (418 km).
- He had been committed to a mental hospital in Morganton by his in-laws, after his wife, Katie Hamrick, left him and asked for a divorce.
- Harrill apparently walked away from the hospital or made a key from an old spoon and used the key to escape the facility.
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