Tony Soprano actor dead at 51

[AndyMarquisLive]

From TMZ:
James Gandolfini -- who famously played Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos" -- died earlier today in Italy ... TMZ has learned.

Gandolfini is believed to have suffered a heart attack. He was 51.

Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily -- and he was scheduled to participate in a festival event this weekend with Italian director Gabriele Muccino.

Gandolfini shot to fame playing a hitman in the 1993 hit "True Romance" ... and quickly became a Hollywood legend when he was cast as Tony Soprano in 1999. He won 3 Emmy awards for the role during the show's 6 season run.

http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/19/james-gandolfini-dead-dies-italy/

 

[Spike]

RIP.

 

[Restrictor Plate King!]

Probably in bad taste but on the show "The Soprano's", the episode where they have the intervention for Christopher, Chris says that Tony has no right saying anything about him killing himself with drugs because the way he was eating he'd probably die of a heart attack by the age of 50. Just found it a little ironic...