Posted on 04/12/2021 6:37:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
JOSEPH Siravo, the actor best known for playing Tony Soprano's father in hit series The Sopranos, has died.
The 64-year-old passed away on Sunday after a long battle with cancer.
Siravo, who played Tony Soprano's father, died this weekend after a long battle with cancer 5 Siravo, who played Tony Soprano's father, died this weekend after a long battle with cancerCredit: Getty He starred in five episodes that played out the difficult relationship between Tony Soprano and his father 5 He starred in five episodes that played out the difficult relationship between Tony Soprano and his father The news was confirmed by actor Gerry Pastore on Instagram who shared a picture of Siravo with a touching caption.
"RIP my dear friend, who fought an incredible fight. I will miss you. See you on the other side."
Gerry added: "He was a true gent to boot and as you well know hard to find that mutual bond and sincerity.
"Acting has always been a passion and finding true friends that lift you up and support was often difficult."
"Myself, Joe, Michael Rispoli [who played Jackie Aprile Sr.} and Jimmy Gandolfini [Tony Soprano] always supported each other even when up for the same roles, it’s how we rolled."
His role as Johnny Soprano saw him in flashbacks as Tony's troublesome father over the space of five episodes.
Siravo was born in Washington, D.C and trained at Tisch School of the Arts University before he embarked on his acting career.
His first role in 1993 saw him work alongside Sean Penn and Al Pacino in Carlito's Way.
RIP.
I friggin hated Richie Aprile!
Can't believe I'm posting about a show I haven't seen in about 20 years!
20 years ago might as well have been two days ago for me. Watching the series again as my fiancée didn’t catch it the first time.
I don’t watch entire episodes, I think I’ve seen the whole show from You Tube videos, and the comments are usually hilarious.
That might have been my favorite event in the whole series. Richie had it coming, bigly.
Refresh my memory, por favor, what am I seeing there? I watched the entire series but maybe I was making a sandwich or something...
I don’t want to spoil anything if you hadn’t seen it yet.
All I will say is it was in the last episode.
Now I’m gonna have to watch it again.
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