James Gandolfini dead

[C5SilverBullet]

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.

Gandolfini also appeared in a ton of huge movies including "Get Shorty," "The Mexican" and "Zero Dark Thirty."

We last spoke to Gandolfini in May in L.A. -- he was in great spirits, making funny faces and joking about a "Sopranos" movie.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/19/james-gandolfini-dead-dies-italy/#ixzz2Wi1BLlVc
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[C5SilverBullet]

Confirmed by HBO.

[mrvette]

:sadangel: GREAT ACTOR.......

damn shame.....Tony Soprano....


age 51, tough SOB, love to have met him.....:issues::dance::shots:


:shots::sadangel:

[Chuck A]

very sad, indeed

[C5SilverBullet]

The Sopranos is easily my favorite show of all time.

[carlton_fritz]

That's 3 real fast.:sadangel::sadangel::sadangel:

[Norm]

Damn, liked his acting, he made that show.

[99 pewtercoupe]

Damn:sadangel:
He was one fine actor

[ASTROCREEP]

:sadangel:

[Poog]

:sadangel: RIP Tony. Too soon.

[Blademaker]

Damn..........RIP :sadangel:

[78SA]

:sadangel:

[OddBall]

:sadangel:

[FasterTraffic]

James Gandolfini

:sadangel:

[ApexOversteer]

James Gandolfini Inside the Actors Studio - YouTube

[Grey Ghost]

:sadangel: Wow. That is a shocker.

[bradc6]

:sadangel:

[lspencer534]

AlthoughI never enjoyed him in anything other than The Sopranos He was great in that series. RIP. I would have loved to have met you. :sadangel:

[VITE1]

:sadangel::sadangel:

[vetteman9368]

Damn, so much for a Sopranos movie

[Kerrmudgeon]

Way too young, very sad indeed. :sadangel:

[StaticCling]

Wow. Terrible. :sadangel:

[VatorMan]

God whacked him. :sadangel:

[Norm]

James Gandolfini Inside the Actors Studio - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpRTIl9bHlk)

Just finished watching the whole clip, I truly admired his acting abilities, good segment with Lipton, his favorite bad word, "fcukin' douchebags"

[C5SilverBullet]

Just yesterday I searched all over and got the Tony Soprano old school Nokia ring tone on my phone.

[snide]

That's a shame. :sadangel:

[onedef92]

Yeah, just saw that. Terrific actor. He will be missed. :sadangel:

[Yerf Dog]

I hear on the radio this morning that towards the end of The Sopranos he was getting a million an episode. Dying at 51 kind of puts into perspective what's really important.