Goodfellas actor Paul Sorvino dead at 83
dailymail.co.ukHollywood actor Paul Sorvino died unexpectedly at the age of 83, after having dealt with health issues over the past few years.His publicist Roger Neal told DailyMail.com Sorvino died Monday morning in Indiana of natural causes.
His wife of eight years, Dee Dee Benkie, was by his side.'Our hearts are broken, there will never be another Paul Sorvino, he was the love of my life, and one of the greatest performers to ever grace the screen and stage,' Benkie said in a statement.In his over 50 years in the entertainment business, Sorvino was a mainstay in films and television.
Hewould often say that while he might be best known for playing gangsters, his real passions were poetry, painting and opera.The star was most famous for his role as Paul Cicero in the 1990 smash hit mobster movie Goodfellas with Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.He played an Italian American communist in Warren Beatty's Reds, Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone's Nixon and mob boss Eddie Valentine in The Rocketeer.He also had arecurring part as Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the hit crime TV show Law & Order.Sorvino is the latest movie mobster to pass away.
His Goodfellas castmate Liotta, 67, died in his sleepin the Dominican Republic, where he wasfilmingDangerous Waters, in May.The Godfather star James Caan, who also appeared alongside Sorvino in The Gambler, died from a heart attack earlier this month at age 82.
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