Loved the Soprano's.... really sad ![Cry]( "Cry")
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TV and film star James Gandolfini, best known for his role as mob boss Tony Soprano, has died aged 51.
Gandolfini, who played the conflicted head of the Soprano family, is believed to have had a heart attack while on holiday in Italy.
It is understood the award-winning actor was in the country to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival.
Sopranos creater David Chase said: "He was a genius. Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that.
"He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes."
Lorraine Bracco, who played Tony's psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi in The Sopranos, said: "I had the greatest sparring partner in the world, I had Muhammad Ali. He cares what he does, and does it extremely well."
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/...no-1968488
TV and film star James Gandolfini, best known for his role as mob boss Tony Soprano, has died aged 51.
Gandolfini, who played the conflicted head of the Soprano family, is believed to have had a heart attack while on holiday in Italy.
It is understood the award-winning actor was in the country to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival.
Sopranos creater David Chase said: "He was a genius. Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that.
"He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes."
Lorraine Bracco, who played Tony's psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi in The Sopranos, said: "I had the greatest sparring partner in the world, I had Muhammad Ali. He cares what he does, and does it extremely well."
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