William W. Cartwright had a "nutty" personality who loved to croon '80s songs at karaoke night at Tommy's Lounge in Pawtucket.

"Disco sucks. He'd be proud to say that," said his younger sister, Candy Herman. "He loved '80s rock, to this day."

Cartwright, 42, went to see Great White with a friend, Herman said. His live-in girlfriend, Kristen Aris, decided not to go.

Cartwright had been a warehouse manager at Providence Yarn Company in Pawtucket the past three years.

To relax, Cartwright loved to go fishing with his uncle for scup and flatfish in Plymouth, Mass., or in Narragansett Bay. Sometimes, he'd just drop off his catch.

Herman said her brother was a free spirit of sorts who had a joke for anything.

"Some people are serious people," Herman said. "Others are goofy, like William."