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James Gandolfini Dead at 51, Actor Won Three Emmys for The Sopranos
E online ^ | 6/19/2013 | Natalie Finn

Posted on 06/19/2013 5:25:30 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town

The Emmy-winning star of The Sopranos suffered a possible heart attack while in Italy, where he was attending the Taormina Film Festival, HBO confirmed Wednesday.


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To: Jim from C-Town

The final episode left a lot of questions that could have been answered in a movie that will never be made. Will Tony be indicted? Will Silvio pull through? What will happen to Patsy Parisi, who ran away during the gunfight where Silvio was badly wounded? With Phil Leotardo gone, who takes over in New York?


41 posted on 06/19/2013 7:09:55 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: golf lover

That was my first thought. Chris is suffering from the sweats tonight.


42 posted on 06/19/2013 7:11:18 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: SamAdams76

My mostly fit brother died of a heart attack at 42. It happens.

But Gandolfini looked like he indulged.


43 posted on 06/19/2013 7:11:25 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: BunnySlippers

Indulged and he looked 61 not 51.


44 posted on 06/19/2013 7:16:09 PM PDT by bluerose (Nick Searcy For President)
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To: GreenHornet

Funny; I just read an article this month where Chase & James were interviewed about a possible movie & James said that he & Chase had thrown around some ideas. James said he would do a movie if Chase asked....first time there’s been ANY talk about a movie. Then this:(


45 posted on 06/19/2013 7:16:41 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Jim from C-Town

Greta Van Dieselfuel has declared Gandolfini’s death was due to overweight, an object lesson for all obese people (I added the seond part).


46 posted on 06/19/2013 7:19:03 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: newheart
My favorite quote from the great philosopher, Tony Soprano:
Whaddya gonna do?

Funny. I was just thinking of that same quote from early in the Sopranos where Tony is talking about his Mother's death; "whaddya gonna do?"

47 posted on 06/19/2013 7:19:52 PM PDT by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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To: GreenHornet

It answers a lot about the final episode. Now that he’s dead he would have to have been killed eating his onion rings. Before he would have survived. Now I just think there will be no rumored movie.


48 posted on 06/19/2013 7:24:10 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Flick Lives
Funny. I was just thinking of that same quote from early in the Sopranos where Tony is talking about his Mother's death; "whaddya gonna do?"

Coincidentally, today is Nancy Marchand's birthday. She would have been 85.

49 posted on 06/19/2013 7:24:30 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: SamAdams76

Toward the end of The Soprano’s I read an interview where he said one of the reasons he wanted off the show was because he was in so many scenes he worked twelve hour days with a lot of inactivity,waiting around on the set, and ate what ever was available which usually wasn’t good for you. He said it was taking a toll on his health. You can also watch the series from beginning to end and see his weight go up and up and he looks worn out by the last episode.


50 posted on 06/19/2013 7:35:05 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: MacMattico

They go in three’s so there’s probably going to be two more real soon.

Obama and McCain come to mind


51 posted on 06/19/2013 7:50:41 PM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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To: Jim from C-Town

R.I.P.


52 posted on 06/19/2013 7:52:16 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: bluerose

A photo in Italy. He looked bad IMPO:

http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/19/james-gandolfini-tattoo-shopping/


53 posted on 06/19/2013 8:07:43 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Jim from C-Town

Well, if you gotta go, Taormina, Sicily is the place to do it.

Absolutely beautiful place.

The film festival in the Greek amphitheater is pretty incredible too.


54 posted on 06/19/2013 8:29:35 PM PDT by moovova
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To: MacMattico

He was exceptionally tall as well. Or at least he seemed to be.


55 posted on 06/20/2013 3:21:30 AM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: All

I just find this kinda eerie on YOU TUBE

I do remmeber this episode

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_peSCECc4I&sns=fb


56 posted on 06/20/2013 11:25:09 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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