Man who died in Saint John, N.B., encampment was generous and loved, says volunteer – New Brunswick [Video]

The second person to die at a Saint John, N.B., homeless encampment in as many months was funny, generous and very much loved, says a community volunteer who says he knew him well.

Forty-four-year-old Jamie Langille was found dead Tuesday evening at an encampment near the causeway over the Courtenay Bay Channel, police say.

Langille lost his leg to frostbite last winter while living by himself in a tent, but he remained kind and jovial, cracking jokes and sharing whatever he had, said Ivan McCullough, a co-founder of Street Team Saint John.

“Despite everything he had gone through — what would have broken a lesser soul — he was always, for the most part, very pleasant, very upbeat, very gracious,” McCullough said in an interview Wednesday.

“There’s going to be a hole in our community at large.”

Emergency responders found Langille dead in his tent after they arrived at the …