Personal Life
Artis has stated he was a sailor in the United States Navy in the late 1960s, and worked for the United States Postal Service in the early 1970s.
Artis suffered a heart attack in 2002, and a benefit was organized for him in Seattle. He was reported as receiving state General Assistance Unemployable benefits from 2002 to 2010, and federal SSI benefits with alcoholism-related mental disability as of 2011.
Since 2009 he has lived in Port Townsend, Washington.
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