James Gandolfini dead at 51

A fine actor. Fifty-one is way too young to go. (I'm the same age).

RIP

My wife and I still watch the Sopranos reruns. Very sad.

...and fade to black.

death. what can you do...

Death sucks.

I have a friend that got to work with him recently. He had posted on facebook about a month or so ago what a nice guy he was. Class act. Sent him an email to thank him for something.

I must confess I know him best from the remake of 12 Angry Men.
This is very sad.

Just watched a movie with him last night! Pelham 123. Always got the impression he was a cool guy. Taormina is lovely this time of the year, so hopefully he enjoyed his vacation and went on a positive note. RIP

Too young.

A terrific actor. He will be missed...

One of my university's few famous alumni. RIP James.

Just recently, the WGA declared The Sopranos the best TV show of all times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...01-tv-shows-all-time-20130531,0,4500137.story


Godspeed James.

ETA: and I see Bebop beat me to the WGA list. What can you do. Tough day around here.

Wow. That really is a shame.

That's a bit of a shock. How terrible for his family and friends.

To me, his screen presence was headed into De Niro/Walken territory. I believe he could have done more and greater things in the future. A great loss, imo.

Bebop said:

The Sopranos was a great show. Recently voted by WGA as best TV show of all time.

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No disrespect to The Sopranos, but it was not the best TV show of all time. My own choice is number 71 on the WGA's list, but then I'm not a member so my choice doesn't count.

I watched Gandolfini a week or so with Brad Pitt in Killing Them Softly. The first time I ever saw Gandolfini was with Brad Pitt in True Romance when he was a bit thinner.

There will be speculation about the cause of death, but when I saw Gandolfini in In the Loop, he had put on quite a bit of weight.

R.I.P.

Heart problems don't depend entirely on weight. Jon Ritter died suddenty of a heart attack at an even earlier age, and he was no butterball. The valedictorian of my high school class, a great friend with the almost surreally clichéd name of David Johnson, a state champion track athlete who went to Yale on a scholarship based both on his athletic and scholastic prowess, died of a heart attack at the age of 21.

It happens.

caw

blacbird said:

Heart problems don't depend entirely on weight.

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It happens.

caw

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I agree someone can outwardly appear to be in great physical condition and keel over from a heart attack while someone who is doing the Big Mac Diet daily can live to be old and grey and still pounding down Big Macs daily.

Do I know James Gandolfini's weight caused his stroke and untimely death. Of course I don't. Could it have been a contributing factor? Of course it could.

Which is why I used the word "speculation" because the Internet runs on speculation like jet fuel.

I'm not suggesting your general point is incorrect or anything, obviously, but I think Ritter died because an aortic aneurysm he didn't know he had ruptured.

I saw this thread when I got home and thought it was one of those Internet rumours that went too far. Very sad it's not - never heard anything but that he was a really nice guy, and he had a nine-month-old baby, in addition to a young teenaged son.

Wait, stroke? The thing I saw said they thought it was a heart attack.

Great show, great actor. I thank him for his work, and mourn his early passing.