Posted on 07/08/2022 6:09:13 PM PDT by JonPreston
Tony Sirico, one of the main stars of "The Sopranos," is dead ... TMZ has confirmed.
Tony played Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri, one of Tony Soprano's main guys for every season of the HBO hit show. His brother Robert announced his passing on Facebook saying "It is with great sadness, but with incredible pride, love and a whole lot of fond memories, that the family of Gennaro Anthony "Tony" Sirico wishes to inform you of his death."
Sirico was a big supporter of the U.S. military -- he and James Gandolfini once traveled to Iraq for a rally for the troops there. He continued to support the Wounded Warrior Project organization too.
He's survived by his 2 children, Joanne and Richard, several grandchildren and his siblings.
Tony was 79.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
“He’s a married man…with a goomah!!!!!”
“How much more betrayal can I take?”
L.Q. Jones, ‘Wild Bunch’ Actor and Member of Peckinpah’s Posse, Dies at 94
That's James Caan, Larry Storch, Tony Sirico, and L Q Jones all in one week.
Granted Jones was a character actor. He had a long career though and turns up in just about every Peckinpah flick, as well as many many other Westerns.
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