James Gandolfini Dead at 51

[Stephen]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/james-gandolfini-dead_n_3468861.html


Wow, 51 is so young. He has a daughter not even a year old as well. Very sad.

[johnnya24]

Damn ...

[onejayhawk]

Wow. I would have guessed 10 years older.

J

[SMELL THE GLOVE]

Very low key guy, he was a good friend of one of my friends. Eat some pizza, drink a beer then grab a cab to his show.

Favorite Tony Soprano quote:
talking w/ Melfi...
"I can't find Pussy anywhere."

[JudeBaldo]

Some less than reputable sources are reporting it's a hoax. Lets hope it is.

[SMELL THE GLOVE]

Some less than reputable sources are reporting it's a hoax. Lets hope it is.

my pal sez he was with his sister and daughter on the way to Sicily, and they are incoherent. gotta feel bad for his wife, if my report is true. Dead husband and daughter too many hours away.

[schlesinj]

Apparently people are putting candles at the Sopranos house in my hometown.

[Judge Jude]

HBO confirmed it to Variety hours ago. He's gone.

The definitive writer re The Sopranos has his unique take:

http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/remembering-james-gandolfini-and-tony-soprano

(saving a side note of that for a more appropriate time)

[Pogues]

I never watched the Sopranos, and I still loved his acting. RIP James.

On another note, I can't believe none of you Dead Poolers drafted him. How tragic.

[revo]

Unbelievably tragic. I'm stunned.

[Judge Jude]

hoo boy


“Sopranos” star James Gandolfini, who struggled with booze addiction in his final weeks, scarfed down a decadent final meal that included at least eight alcoholic drinks, The Post has learned.

Gandolfini guzzled four shots of rum, two pina coladas, and two beers at dinner with his son — while he chowed down on two orders of fried king prawns and a “large portion” of foie gras, a hotel source in Rome said.

The Emmy Award winner had attended several Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on Perry Street in the West Village, but people who saw him there “didn’t think that he was serious about getting sober,” said a source familiar with the matter.

“I can confirm he has been known to blow lines and drink like an Irish sailor on weekend leave,” said another source.

Hours before he keeled over from a massive heart attack, the actor sat down for a 7 p.m. meal with his son, Michael, 13, at the Boscolo Exedra Roma hotel’s outdoor restaurant.

Gandolfini, 51, first ordered a pina colada with two additional shots of rum on the side.

He followed that up with an identical round — a pina colada and two shots — and then downed two beers, the source said.

[johnnya24]

I saw a documentary he made last year ... I think was about war veterans, can't remember exactly. But he didn't look like a specimen of good health.

[overkill94]

Man, overweight actors do not last long in Hollywood. So sad.

[Friarfan]

hoo boy


“Sopranos” star James Gandolfini, who struggled with booze addiction in his final weeks, scarfed down a decadent final meal that included at least eight alcoholic drinks, The Post has learned.

Gandolfini guzzled four shots of rum, two pina coladas, and two beers at dinner with his son — while he chowed down on two orders of fried king prawns and a “large portion” of foie gras, a hotel source in Rome said.

The Emmy Award winner had attended several Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on Perry Street in the West Village, but people who saw him there “didn’t think that he was serious about getting sober,” said a source familiar with the matter.

“I can confirm he has been known to blow lines and drink like an Irish sailor on weekend leave,” said another source.

Hours before he keeled over from a massive heart attack, the actor sat down for a 7 p.m. meal with his son, Michael, 13, at the Boscolo Exedra Roma hotel’s outdoor restaurant.

Gandolfini, 51, first ordered a pina colada with two additional shots of rum on the side.

He followed that up with an identical round — a pina colada and two shots — and then downed two beers, the source said.

Chris Farley-esque

[johnnya24]

Chris Farley-esque

I can think of worse ways to go ...