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Requiem for a Strong Man

Several people alerted me to this gentleman’s passing this week. I didn’t know him but am glad to have heard about him and sorry not to have met him. Coney Island strong man Joe Rollino was felled this week at the age of 104, and apparently nothing short of an errant automobile could fell him. It’s not to late to acquant yourself with this interesting character. The Coney Island Oral History Project was fortunate in capturing him in conversation. And there are excellent obituaries at the NYTimes and NYPost. The lesson of this story is EAT YOUR WHEATIES!

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This entry was posted on January 17, 2010 at 3:45 pm and is filed under BROOKLYN, Circus, Coney Island, Dime Museum and Side Show, OBITS, Strong Men with tags , , , . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Requiem for a Strong Man”

  1. Gaby Says:
    January 20, 2010 at 5:28 pm

    Thanks, Trav!

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