Reni Santoni, who starred in Carl Reiner's semi-autobiographical movieEnter Laughingand played the rookie partner of Clint Eastwood's maverick detective inDirty Harry, has died.
He was 81. Santoni died Saturday in hospice care in Los Angeles after years of health problems that included cancer, his friend, TV writer-producer and musician Tracy Newman, told The Hollywood Reporter.
TheSeinfeldfaithful know the Bronx native for his four appearances as Poppie, the unsanitary pizza guy who has a problem with bladder control.
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