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  • Abe Vigoda, Sunken-Eyed Character Actor, Dead at 94

    01/26/2016 11:28:17 AM PST · by massmike · 87 replies
    http://abcnews.go.com/ ^ | 01/26/2016 | HILLEL ITALIE
    Character Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sunken-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series "Barney Miller" and the doomed Mafia soldier in "The Godfather," died Tuesday at age 94. Vigoda's daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, told The Associated Press that Vigoda died Tuesday morning in his sleep at Fuchs' home in Woodland Park, New Jersey. The cause of death was old age. "This man was never sick," Fuchs said. He liked to tell the story of how he won the role of Detective Fish. An exercise enthusiast, Vigoda had just returned from a...