BillY Tourtelot

William C. Tourtelot Jr (born in 1970), better known as BillY Tourtelot (pronounced "Turtle-O") is the singer, guitar player and frontman for the St. Petersburg, Florida heavy metal and industrial band Hell on Earth. Known to walk around the tampa hot spot Ybor City with his trademark anal beads within his dreadlocks and his life partner hand in hand.

Tourtelot is famous for accepting a terminally ill fan's request to die onstage in 2003, a decision that prompted a legal battle with the city of St. Petersburg.Fact|date=March 2008

BillY is the son of one of St. Petersburg's best known real estate agents William C. Tourtelot Sr. and Stephanie Tourtelot. His brother Stephen Tourtelot has a lengthy criminal history. [cite web| url =http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/04/Tampabay/Good_family_name_bear.shtml| title = St. Petersburg Times article about Tourtelot Bros. links with BillY Tourtelot and Hell on Earth| ]

On November 3, 2003, BillY also ran as a write-in candidate for city councillor in District 3 of St. Petersburg against incubent Bill Foster. [cite web| url =http://www.hellonearth.net/archive.html| title = Hell on Earth archives with info about BillY's political stint | ]

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