… but dammit.
Joe Rollino, the famed Coney Island Strongman, was killed yesterday after he was hit by some asshole driving a minivan while walking across the Bay Ridge Parkway. Rollino, who would have been 105 in March, was a lifelong vegetarian and fitness buff who celebrated his 104th birthday by bending a quarter between his fingers, only to apologize to onlookers for no longer being able to do it with a dime.
I hear you. I read this in the Times this morning and thought it incredibly messed up.