BRIGHTON BEACH, NY – Perhaps playing the role of an oddball wiseguy Italian from New York wasn’t as hard to imagine for Tony Sirico as it really was. He came from the streets of New York only to land roles in Hollywood as the bad guy, mostly as a mobster or criminal of some kind.
This week, we lost Sirico at the age of 79, but we also found this gem of Sirico on the beach in New York City in this amazing fashion ensemble was posted on Twitter a year before his death.
“You got a problem wit dat?” he would probably say if you questioned his choice of beachwear.
This rare photo from Brighton Beach, circa 1978 was shared this week on Instagram, taken by Photographer Seymore Jacobs. You can check out more Brighton Beach pictures taken during the period by Jacobs here.