Reduced to Smithereens

in Hits & Misses by
“Hey! Anybody got an extra slice?!”

Pat DiNizio
Musician, actor, Jersey greaseball.
October 12, 1955 – December 12, 2017
Aged 62 years.

Most recognized for: Pat was living every New Jersey boy’s dream… driving a truck for the family trash-hauling business and wiping his ass with pizza… until he picked up a guitar & formed late 80’s college rock darlings The Smithereens. He made over a dozen albums, a handful of film & TV appearances, an unsuccessful run for US Senate, and one bloated corpse.