The death that shocked Hollywood / an actor who did not cope with being a star!
The death of James Gandolfini 10 years ago shocked Hollywood so much that some of his friends and colleagues sent this message: “We have lost a giant.”
Charso Press: Quoted from Yahoo News, James Gandolfini The actor of the series “The Sopranos” who won the award Amy Awarded for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2000, he passed away 10 years ago.
when Gandolfini He died suddenly at the age of 51, the world of cinema was shocked shock became.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 It had started when this news was published. James Or “Jimmy” who won 3 awards Amy To play Tony Soprano, a notorious New Jersey gangster, dies while on vacation in Rome with his 13-year-old son, Michael, to celebrate his eighth-grade graduation. Gandolfini It was supposed to be at the film festival that same week.Taormina» to appear in Sicily and receive an award.
The first reports indicated a serious heart attack, and after two days, the press mentioned drugs as the cause of death, but then the spokesperson of his family said: Today we received the results of the autopsy, which showed that he died due to a heart attack. Died of natural causes.
This spokesperson said about the last hours of the actor’s life, he visited the Vatican and stayed with his family in the hotel while waiting for his sister to arrive. Dinner He ate and had a wonderful day.
Michael found his father unconscious in the bathroom of his hotel room in Rome. He went from the hotel to the hospital at 10:40 p.m Umberto Shahr was transported and while he was dead when he arrived at the hospital, doctors tried to revive him for 40 minutes, but were unsuccessful.
At the time of her death, it had been almost 6 years since her HBO series The Sopranos ended.
The reaction of the cast of “The Sopranos” and beyond
The world of cinema was stunned; So is Hollywood. There was a wave of tributes pouring in from all the Sopranos actors, and almost everyone used the word “shock” to describe how they felt, including the actor who played his wife in the film, who described him as a man of extraordinary depth and sensitivity, with kindness and generosity. Read beyond words and Michael imperial who wrote: Jimmy treated us all like family with generosity, loyalty and compassion; Something that is rare in this world. Tony Sirico He also mentioned him as one of his best friends in life Lorraine Braco He wrote: We are one Giant we lost
Brad Pitt, who had co-starred with him the year before in the film “Softly Killed” in Mexico, called him an indomitable actor, a gentle soul and a truly funny man, and said: “I am saddened by this loss.”
Steve Carell called him a good man and yuan McGregor said: The world has lost one of its great actors.
burning Sarandon He also described him as: one of the loveliest, funniest and most generous actors I’ve ever worked with.
John Travolta who had a deep friendship with him, also promised that his family, including his second wife and their 8-month-old daughter, Lilianatake care and wrote that Jamie went to visit his son who died in 2009.
It took nearly a week for his body to be returned to America, and Bill and Hillary Clinton were instrumental in speeding up the process, followed by a funeral at the Cathedral of St. John Elahi was held in Manhattan and in addition a lot The cast, from Steve Buscemi to dustin Hoffman, then New Jersey Governor Chris Christie also attended the ceremony.
Caut Later from the funeral he wrote in a note for the New York Times that Turturro – that the role of Tony’s sister, Janis played on “The Sopranos” – told her what made the loss even more unbearable was that Jimmy He was just starting to enjoy his life. An actor who had never really come to terms with his stardom, from being on shows conversation End a night He refrained and only gave rare interviews and had a deep sense of insecurity, and the same Summer game He had turned down a movie to spend time with his family.
About the will of this actor with an estimated property of 70 million dollar Many things were made. His wife and two children received the bulk of this inheritance, but he left millions of dollars to his relatives, friends, secretary and assistant.
Michael, who was with his father that fateful day – to study acting in School He studied art at New York University and followed James’ path in acting. He first played small roles in movies likeeight dude ocean” and finally he was able to pay tribute to his father and his iconic role in “The Sopranos” by playing the role of “Tony the Teenage Soprano”.