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JAMES Gandolfini, best known as TV mob boss Tony Soprano, has died in Italy at the age of 51.


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There are conflicting reports as to whether the US actor suffered a stroke or heart attack.

Gandolfini's managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, said he died Wednesday while on holiday in Rome. No cause of death was given.

"Our hearts are shattered and we will miss him deeply. He and his family were part of our family for many years and we are all grieving,'' said Armstrong and Sanders.

James Gandolfini in his role as Tony Soprano, head of the New Jersey crime family portrayed in HBO's The Sopranos.Gandolfini has died in Italy. He was 51.

Already a well-travelled actor, Gandolfini shot to fame in 1999 as the head of a mob family on HBO TV series The Sopranos, the show that changed TV's reputation into a destination for quality drama and in turn, film actors.

HBO confirmed the star’s death, saying Gandolfini was on vacation in Rome and was expected to make an appearance at the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily later this week.

Filmography

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1987      Shock! Shock! Shock!      Orderly                                

1991      The Last Boy Scout           Marcone's Henchman                   

1992      A Stranger Among Us      Tony Baldessari                

1993      Money for Nothing          Billy Coyle                           

1993      True Romance   Virgil                     

1993      Mr. Wonderful      Mike                     

1993      Italian Movie      Angelo                 

1994      Angie     Vinnie                  

1994      Terminal Velocity             Ben Pinkwater                  

1995      New World[a]    Will Caberra                      

1995      Crimson Tide      Lt. Bobby Dougherty                      

1995      Get Shorty           Bear                      

1997      Night Falls on Manhattan              Joey Allegretto                 

1997      She's So Lovely Kiefer                   

1997      12 Angry Men    Juror #6                               

1997      Perdita Durango               Willie "Woody" Dumas                 

1997      Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil                Diner Cook          Uncredited cameo

1998      Fallen    Lou                        

1998      The Mighty         Kenny Kane       

1998      A Civil Action      Al Love                 

1999      8mm      Eddie Poole                       

1999      A Whole New Day            Vincent                

2001      The Mexican      Winston Baldry                

2001      The Man Who Wasn't There        Big Dave Brewster                          

2001      The Last Castle Colonel Winter

2004      Surviving Christmas         Tom Valco                          

2005      Romance & Cigarettes    Nick Murder                      

2005      Stories of Lost Souls        Vincent                 Segment: "A Whole New Day"   

2006      Lonely Hearts     Det. Charles Hilderbrandt                            

2006      All the King's Men            Tiny Duffy                           

2007      Stories USA         The Man              Segment: "Club Soda"   

2009      In the Loop         Lt. Gen. George Miller                   

2009      The Taking of Pelham 123             Mayor of New York                        

2009      Where the Wild Things Are          Carol      Voice    

2010      Welcome to the Rileys   Doug Riley          

2010      Mint Julep           Mr. G                    

2011      Down the Shore                Bailey Euler                        

2011      Violet & Daisy    The Guy                              

2012      Killing Them Softly           Mickey                 

2012      Not Fade Away Pat Damiano                     

2012      Zero Dark Thirty                CIA Director Leon Panetta                           

2013      The Incredible Burt Wonderstone             Doug Munny                     

2013      Enough Said       Albert    Posthumous release      

2014      The Drop              Cousin Marv       Posthumous release (final film role)        

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes   

1996      The Juror             Eddie     Television film  

1997      Gun        Walter Difideli   Episode: "Columbus Day"            

1999–2007          The Sopranos     Tony Soprano    Main role, 86 episodes

2002      Sesame Street   Himself                 1 episode

2004      Saturday Night Live         Unidentified New Jersey Resident            Episode: "Ben Affleck/Nelly"

2008      Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq      Interviewer        Television film; producer              

2010      Wartorn: 1861–2010                      Television film; producer              

2011      Cinema Verite    Craig Gilbert       Television film  

2012      Hemingway & Gellhorn                  Television film; producer              

2013      Nicky Deuce       Bobby Eggs         Television film  

2013      James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend                       Archived television and film footage       

2016      The Night Of       Jack Stone           Unaired pilot; also executive producer (posthumous credit)         

Stage

Year       Production          Role       Venue  

1992      A Streetcar Named Desire            Steve Hubbell    Ethel Barrymore Theatre              

1995      On the Waterfront           Charley Malloy Brooks Atkinson Theatre              

2009      God of Carnage Michael                Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

2009      23rd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition                Judge    Minskoff Theatre