The actor, most famous for his role as Tony Soprano, died at the age of 51
Few shows were quite as captivating as The Sopranos, perhaps the great series in television history. Much credit had to go to actor James Gandolfini, who played antihero Tony Soprano. Gandolfini portrayed one of the greatest characters in pop-culture history, next to Huckleberry Finn and Charles Foster Kane.
When I heard Gandolfini died just a few minutes ago, I was in a state of disbelief. Gandolfini is one of today’s finest actors. Besides The Sopranos, Gandolfini recently starred in the acclaimed Zero Dark Thirty as well as Sopranos creator David Chase’s Not Fade Away and the recent comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. He was already set to star in HBO’s Criminal Justice.
In a statement, HBO said: “We’re all in shock and feeling immeasurable sadness at the loss of a beloved member of our family. He was special man, a great talent, but more importantly a gentle and loving person who treated everyone no matter their title or position with equal respect. He touched so many of us over the years with his humor, his warmth and his humility. Our hearts go out to his wife and children during this terrible time. He will be deeply missed by all of us.”
Seeing a great actor go is a sad thing. Gandolfini was a talented man and he will be missed.
I didn’t even see that he died until I saw this post in my email feed 😦 We will be greatly missed
By: r361n4 on June 19, 2013
at 9:14 pm
Thanks for the comment. He gave one of the greatest performances I’ve seen as Tony Soprano. He will be missed indeed.
By: ckckred on June 19, 2013
at 9:15 pm
Fine tribute. May he rest in peace.
By: le0pard13 on June 19, 2013
at 9:54 pm
Thanks. He was a great actor and he will be missed.
By: ckckred on June 19, 2013
at 9:55 pm
RIP James.
B2B.
By: Buddy2Blogger on June 19, 2013
at 10:17 pm
I hope is family is okay. He was perhaps the greatest actor in TV history.
By: ckckred on June 20, 2013
at 6:41 am
Guys a legend, at least we will always have the Sopranos to remember him by.
By: bm23tvreviews on June 19, 2013
at 11:54 pm
He was a great actor and he will be missed.
By: ckckred on June 20, 2013
at 6:40 am
I got really confused earlier, there was a crazy buzz going about this being a hoax. Which looking back on that now, I am kind of annoyed. This is terrible news, and I can’t believe some people are willing to exploit it for their own individual attention. For shame.
R.I.P. James, you are going to be a sorely missed presence on screen for a long, long time.
By: Tom on June 20, 2013
at 1:06 am
He will be missed. That’s terrible about people trying to exploit his death.
By: ckckred on June 20, 2013
at 6:42 am
May he rest in peace!
By: robbinsrealm on June 20, 2013
at 1:18 am
He had a great career and I hope his family is okay.
By: ckckred on June 20, 2013
at 6:42 am
Wow, shocked to read it. He will be missed.
By: Nostra on June 20, 2013
at 1:35 am
He was one of the greatest actors working today. When I first heard the news, I was in disbelief.
By: ckckred on June 20, 2013
at 6:43 am
Will be spending my evening making a “Many Faces of…” post dedicated to him. Will be up tomorrow.
By: Nostra on June 20, 2013
at 6:51 am
I’ll be sure to check it out.
I’m hoping to see The Sopranos’ pilot again soon. I consider it to be the greatest TV show in history and I haven’t seen an episode in quite a while.
By: ckckred on June 20, 2013
at 6:52 am
Yeah, together with The Wire it is my favorite show as well. Remember renting just one DVD of it at the video store and after that first episode I went back to get everything they had available (which wasn’t even the complete first season), so I ordered everything I could and loved the show.
By: Nostra on June 20, 2013
at 6:55 am
I absolutely love the show. The Wire’s one of my personal favorites as well and I’m still stunned that the Emmys ignored the series.
By: ckckred on June 20, 2013
at 6:57 am
Yeah, that is really surprising…it is the best cop show ever made…
By: Nostra on June 20, 2013
at 6:58 am
Sad news to hear. May he rest in peace.
By: armanddc on June 20, 2013
at 5:10 am
He gave one the the greatest performances I’ve seen as Tony Soprano. I hope his family is okay.
By: ckckred on June 20, 2013
at 6:44 am
Lover the guy, man. One of my favourite actors after I fell in love with The Sopranos. Sad to see him go. 😦
By: Mark Walker on June 20, 2013
at 7:21 am
He will be missed indeed. I think The Sopranos is the greatest show in television history, and his performance as Tony was one of the best I’ve seen.
By: ckckred on June 20, 2013
at 7:24 am
Really sad news. I just finished me exams and I think I’m going to honour him by watching TS again.
By: Thomas Priday on June 20, 2013
at 8:26 am
It is. The Sopranos is my favorite TV show and I think Gandolfini portrayed one of the greatest characters of pop-culture history. I’ve felt the urge to now revisit The Sopranos’ pilot.
By: ckckred on June 20, 2013
at 8:27 am
Still can’t believe he’s gone. RIP.
By: Eric @ The Warning Sign on June 24, 2013
at 1:39 pm
I hope his family is okay okay. I saw The Sopranos pilot again and seeing it reminded me of what a great actor he was.
By: ckckred on June 24, 2013
at 4:36 pm
I actually just watched the pilot again, too. It’s so good. I plan on going through the series and finally finishing it this time. I think I tailed off sometime during season five…
By: Eric @ The Warning Sign on June 24, 2013
at 5:47 pm