James Gandolfini’s teenage son found his father dead – 10 years since Sopranos star’s death

The sudden death of James Gandolfini shocked. PAUL BUCK

The Sopranos actor by James Gandolfini today marks ten years since his death. Gandolfini died at just 51 years old and his teenage son found his father dead on the hotel floor on June 19, 2013.

Father’s and Michael -boy was supposed to attend a film festival in Italy when Gandolfini had a fatal heart attack. They tried to revive the actor for more than 40 minutes, but nothing could be done and the man died.

Gandolfini was buried in his native New York, USA, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. At the time of his death, in addition to his 13-year-old son, he had only an eight-month-old baby together with his widow By Deborah Lin with.

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Gandolfini, who played the character of Tony Soprano in HBO’s The Sopranos series, received several Emmy and Golden Globe awards during his career. The series became very popular in 1999 and was shown until 2007 for a total of six seasons.

The actor’s sudden death deeply shocked his colleagues, who published their condolences in a concise manner.

– Incredibly sad news. Great man, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone acted with Gandolfini in the movie Steve Carell tweeted.

Also director and actor Kevin Smith recalled the star who became famous from the hit series The Sopranos.

– Rest in peace James Gandolfini! Your Tony Soprano iconic mafia boss character gave soul to the monster.

Michael, the son who found Gandolfini dead, is following in his father’s footsteps, as he starred in the 2021 Sopranos-based The Many Saints of Newark – in his father’s role as Tony Sopranos.

After the Sopranos, Gandolfini acted on the big screen, among other things In The Loop, The Taking of Pelham 123 and Welcome to the Rileyin s movies.