JAMES GANDOLFINI (Tony Sopranos) DEAD

Heart attack at 51, according to CNN.

Sorry to hear that. He created a great character. I know he was fat but 51 is no age.

fekn hell that is a shock

"Everything just goes black"

This gets a rare RIP from me.

He and The Sopranos were both brilliant.

Loved The Sopranos. RIP

shocked

came to the Sopranos late but loved it

51 is no age

One of the greatest to play a mob boss,

Loved his work, he scared the phuck out of people.

RIP

his Tony Soprano was great - they didn't do the easy thing and play him as a 'villain with a heart of gold' - and he wasn't : up close he was an insensetive arrogant pig.   Which is probably a lot more realistic.

Very sad, he has a nine month old daughter.

yes was just gonna say that, leaves a baby

Leaves a son and a 9 month old daughter.

Sad news.

Son of 13 from his first marriage.

good reminder of why I am OCD on health and fitness poor bloke no age is it, some get away with that lifestyle, like my grandad 60 woodbines a day for 60 years lived til 87

rip

Munter that was the brilliance of the show. We saw it from Tonys side and were offered the opportunity to like him and sympathise with his family set up  but he and Carmella were vile people.

so this is an ok RIP thread is it Dobbo?

RIP James.

Why would a bloke who was alive twelve hours ago want to be encouraged to rest in peace? And in my view a frowny face as a gesture of regret to a death is an insult. If your mum has just died would you consider a card with a frowny face a meaningful mark of respect or sorrow?
No this is not an ok RIP thread but I am sorry to hear that JG has died.

Well, he's going to RIP because he's dead. Unless of course there's no life after death in which case he won't RIP. RIP threads do no harm just in case we do RIP when we're dead.

You should see the coverage CNN are giving this...unbelievable...fair enough he died at a very early age but making it the Breaking News story on every single segment (A Cooper, Piers M, etc etc) and devoting pretty much the whole day to it sucks...there's real news out there somewhere...gimme that ffs.

RIP you ****ing c0cksucker

RIP James Gandolfini

Gandolfini grew up in Park Ridge and graduated from Park Ridge High School in 1979, where he played basketball and acted in school plays.[8] He was awarded the title "Class Flirt" in his senior yearbook.

Women love a bad man

Gandolfini said that one of his major inspirations for the role of Virgil, in True Romance, was an old friend of his, who was a hitman.

Never seen a single episode, or even part of one other than clips on other shows
Its a young age, but he looked at big bloke
Robert Palmer died at 54 of a heart attack and he wasn't large

Stellar performance in the quality drama that was The Sopranos.

RIP

He has been my "Avatar" for a good while, my favorite part was as the  murderous hood in True Romance, such menace and onscreen presence . The Sopranos was in my opinion the best TV series to come out of the USA , 51 is so young ,a loss to the TV and movie industry. A sad day

Never heard of him  - young to die at that age - very sad.

Never heard of him?

Hard to believe.

If you like crime dramas, get a box set of The Sopranos, or rent them somewhere. It's about 94 hours of viewing.

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He insists that he was nothing like the mobster he portrayed.  In real life he considered himself a '260 pound version of Woody Allen' and after his success with the Sopranos, said 'Make that 295 pounds'

Yes, apparently he despised violence with a real aversion to it and it made him feel very uncomfortable, which makes his role in the Sops even more impressive.

best sceen was when he threw the newspaper at carmello telling her she should have put the money she made from the house she sold on some american football team...........that was hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLgvvxmAP7k

EXACTLY  I don't watch very much tv except news and a very few documentaries etc.  Never watched it.
Ps
but love woody allen!!!

Not sure you are meant to find it 'hilarious'

The show has gone from cult to legendary in the flick of a switch.

was always the best tv drama ever made... easily

This is so very sad.

I'm watching The Sopranos for the first time at the moment. Just started on series 5.

Was really shocked when I read about this this morning.

Some nice pictures from his younger days in this article

.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345028/James-Gandolfini-dead-Actor-dies-Rome-holiday-connect-roots.html

anyone who hasnt heard of tony soprano must be living some sort of half life. Never mind watching everyone was talking about it for years!

sad news

Lol Brendan,sky atlantic are showing 4 of the best episodes tonight as a tribute.

He completely stole one otherwise very ropey film that I saw in which he played a gay hitman, The Mexican maybe?

ribero - what were deemed the 4 best episodes by Sky Atlantic

The one were he killed ralphie over the horse is my fav

Ralphiw was very brave imo to take him on....well very dumb^^^

Episodes on Sky Atlantic tonight are :-

The very first episode,
'College'
'Funhouse' and
'Whitecaps'

cosmo

Are you the geezer who always has a comment on the food and pub places in Leeds?

'Pine Barrens' can't have been far away from making the cut.

Pine Barrens had some funny lines for Pauli

"we should have went to roy rodgers"

Yes "Pine Barrens" was brilliant

RIP Big T although he was brilliant in my favourite film of all time,True Romance.

cant believe dumb and dumber aint been mentioned for his stellar role...

R.I.P

Just bought the box set for £60

The lot for £44 here

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Sopranos-Complete-Season-Packaging/dp/B002DQUASQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371924287&sr=8-1&keywords=the+sopranos+complete

Oh the pain of losing £16

Never posted to upset you Mad  it was just in case someone else wants to buy the set.

I understand

I borrowed the box set from my eldest daughter  - free.

Not a good start to the day  for you Mad

Is gandolfini the wizard from Lord of the Rings?

I watched the first episode again last night.

It seemed poignant that amongst other things it focused on his Tony having seizures which had made him more aware of his own mortality and the need to to hold on to his family - in the analogy of his love for the family of ducks who past by.

*in the analogy of his love for the family of ducks who passed by.

Reading some of the obits it seemed he didn't take himself too seriously and shunned the celebrity limelight,a refreshing change from most of the gushing"luvvies" we have to tolerate.

never heard of him also but commiserations to all his family and friends

seen this on another thread:

"Before James Gandolfini had a heart attack and died this week, he wolfed down a large fried meal of fried prawns in mayonnaise chilli sauce and then ordered a second portion, also had a large portion of foie gras, he also downed 2 rounds of pina colada - each with 2 rum chasers on the side, followed by 2 beers........then collapsed in his hotel room 3 hrs later !"

heart attack at 51, no age, but eating and drinking like that.....not exactly a healthy way to live.

It's quite a fun way to live though. Fair play to anyone who prefers 50-odd years of boozing and lard to 70-odd years of salad.

With the exception of the foie gras (poor geese/ducks), I respected him even more after I read about his final meal.

I'll take the 70 years of salad. I'm such a bore

With or without dressing

How do they know he "wolfed" it down?

Honey and mustard dressing on my salads, Pumpy.

I've just ordered series 6 of The Sopranos (both parts), from Amazon.

I'm still on series 5 but thought I'd buy series 6 now as they are selling fast.

All the other series I bought on eBay for bargain prices.

Don't know what I'll do with myself when I haven't got anymore Sopranos to watch.

Do what me and my wife did! Watched the whole thing again.

One of the few series that I could watch all over again and still enjoy, that and Romanza Criminale.