Damn.. James Gandolfini dead at 51.. RIP...
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James Gandolfini dead at 51: 'Sopranos' star suffers massive heart attack in Italy
James Gandolfini, the New Jersey-bred actor who delighted audiences as mob boss Tony Soprano in “The Sopranos” has died following a massive heart attack in Italy, a source told the Daily News.
“Everyone is in tears,” the source close to the 51-year-old TV tough guy said.
A press-shy celeb who got his start as a character actor and became famous relatively late in his career — thanks to his breakout role on “The Sopranos,” Gandolfini has largely avoided the spotlight since the last season of the beloved show aired in 2007.
The burly Westwood, N.J. native has appeared in several supporting roles since then, playing the director of the CIA in “Zero Dark Thirty” and the gruff blue-collar father of a wannabe rock star in “Not Fade Away” last year.
Gandolfini hit Broadway in 2009 with the Tony Award-winning comedy “? of Carnage.”
“I seek out good stories, basically — that’s it,” he told The Star-Ledger last December.
“The older I get, the funnier-looking I get, the more comedies I’m offered. I’m starting to look like a toad, so I’ll probably be getting even more soon.”
Gandolfini’s wife, former model Deborah Lin, gave birth to a baby girl last October. The couple married in Hawaii in 2008.
Gandolfini — who spent part of his early career supporting himself as a bartender and nightclub manager — also has a son with his ex-wife, Marcy Wudarski.
His first break came in 1992 when he landed a role in a Broadway version of “A Streetcar Named Desire” that starred Alec Baldwin and Jessica Lange.
Smallish parts in major films followed — Gandolfini played a submarine crew member in “Crimson Tide” in 1995 and a gangland bodyguard in “Get Shorty” the same year.
Fame came for the Italian-American actor after 1999, as “The Sopranos” garnered critical acclaim and cult popularity on its way to becoming a TV classic.
Gandolfini won three Emmy Awards for his sparkling depiction of protagonist Tony Soprano, a mobster trying to balance the mundane stresses of family life and his unusual occupation: organized crime.
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Died of an heart attack, 51.
guess no sopranos movie now... -
R.I.P
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Watching it now
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damn
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guess we know the ending to sopranos now.
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James Gandolfini, who gained fame playing a memorable mafia boss on HBO's "The Sopranos" by giving the role a contemporary twist of visiting a therapist for middle-age anxieties, died after suffering a possible heart attack in Italy, an HBO spokeswoman and the actor's managers said Wednesday.
He was 51.
Gandolfini was on holiday in Rome, said Mara Mikialian, HBO's vice president for program publicity.
He was best known for his award-winning performance as Tony Soprano from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s. -
Wow...
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Late............................
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I wonder if he heard it or saw it coming
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Yeah didn't expect this. RIP.
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? @ 2 minutes after the first thread being made that this is late..................... @mods let this thread live.................
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wow what a blow! sopranos is the best show of all time imo, saw the entire series 4 times at least!!
R.I.P. -
before i came in here i figured it was weight related
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son made a millie a ep damn!!!
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INB4 the thread merge.
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Honestly it ain't a joke people (especially black folk), lose weight! Stay away from Mcdonalds and be active
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I HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHO THIS IS
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WTF you wacking me for @Ibex? When you need three people to just roll your belly fat out da way and another two to spread your thighs so another dude can put a catheter into your urethra, you know you ain't got long tolive.
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Who? never heard of the cracka.
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Gold_Certificate wrote: »Just googled him
? was fat, got what he deserved.
Other fat ? need to listen up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgf_ujr5XrE
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never watched the show but rip
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RIP... I usually don't even care abt celebrity deaths but this shocked me
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SleepwalkingInJapan wrote: »Gold_Certificate wrote: »Just googled him
? was fat, got what he deserved.
Other fat ? need to listen up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgf_ujr5XrE