William Zantzinger, asshole, portrayed by Bob Dylan in his 1963 song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carol" recently died. (Guardian, UK)
Link to 2004 Daily Jive post on same.

The slander couldn't have happened to a nicer person. After getting out of jail, Zantzinger became involved in real estate, only to be arrested in 1991 for fraud. He was fined $62,000 and sentenced to 2,400 hours of community service.

"[Dylan] is a no-account son of a bitch," Zantzinger told Dylan biographer Howard Sounes in 2001. "He's just like a scum bag of the earth. I should have sued him and put him in jail. [The song is] a total lie."