RIP John the Fudgie Man – Coney Island Legend
Everyone who went to Coney Island or Brighton Beach from 1949 to 2018, knew John, the guy who sold refreshments on the beach.
By the end of each Summer, John had the deepest tan.
Everyone loved John because he had a cooler full of cold water, Sunny Dews, knishes and fudge pops.
He was best known for the fudge pops because John would walk the beach with his cooler and say, “Fudgies here, get your fudgies wudgies.”
A lot people called John “Fudgie Wudgie’ or Fudgie Man, even when they knew his name.
As he got older, John had a cart for his cooler and chair. See a video of John here.
John was in his 90’s. He stopped selling on the beach in 2018 or 2019. At one point, people thought he passed away in 2019, so an artist designed this shirt in his honor.
RIP John. You are a Brooklyn original and part of a lot of people’s great memories of Coney Island.
Hugs,
marlene
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