Good-bye to the last of the Bad Guys / adieu à la dernière des méchants :

CNN) — The death of James Gandolfini, best known for his role as an anxiety-ridden mob boss on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” on Wednesday affected many in Hollywood and beyond. Friends and colleagues tweeted and made statements after hearing news of the actor’s death.

Another in the very long list of great Italian actors, James Gandolfini  lived by the same rules he acted in; hard and fast. He like many other celebs including Jackie “The King” Gleason lived large and died even larger.

There is a rumor spreading Italy around that Tony was wolfing down a giant Capocollo sandwich and washing it down with some expensive Chianti when he began choking which resulted in giving him a heart attack; a stroke followed that finally put the hammer on the last of the bad boys.

This stuff is delicious but the fat will get you every-time.

James and all of the other actors in the series played fantastic roles which drew millions of the viewers once a week for 8 years into their living rooms to see what the Goomba’s would come up with next. Which one of them was going to sleep with the fish??

It is unfortunate that in the prime of his life he had to go to the big Pasta Fagoli bowl in the sky. He had a lot of good years left in him. He will be missed by many people.

Gandolfini will probably go down in Hollywood as one of the best characters in this type of genre and had quiet of a history in the entertainment business but really was at his all time high point playing Tony Soprano.

Filmography

Year                                                           Film Role
1987                                                          Shock! Shock! Shock!
1992                                                          A Stranger Among Us
1993                                                          Italian Movie Angelo
1993                                                          Money for Nothing
1993                                                          True Romance
1993                                                          Mr. Wonderful
1994                                                          Angie
1994                                                          Terminal Velocity
1995                                                           Le Nouveau monde
1995                                                           Crimson Tide
1995                                                           Get Shorty
1996                                                           The Juror
1997                                                           Night Falls on Manhattan
1997                                                           She’s So Lovely
1997                                                          Perdita Durango
1997                                                          12 Angry Men
1997                                                          Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1998                                                          Fallen
1998                                                          The Mighty
1998                                                          A Civil Action
1999                                                          A Whole New Day
1999                                                          8mm
2001                                                          The Mexican
2001                                                        The Man Who Wasn’t There
2001                                                         The Last Castle
2004                                                         Surviving Christmas
2006                                                         Romance & Cigarettes
2006                                                         Lonely Hearts
2006                                                         All the King’s Men
2006                                                         Club Soda The man Short film2008 American
2009                                                         In the Loop
2009                                                         The Taking of Pelham 123
2009                                                        Where the Wild Things Are
2010                                                         Welcome to the Rileys
2010                                                        Mint Julep
2011                                                         Down the Shore Bailey
2011                                                         Violet & Daisy
2011                                                         Cinema Verite
2012                                                         Killing Them Softly
2012                                                         Zero Dark Thirty
2012                                                        Not Fade Away
2013                                                        The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
2013                                                        Nicky Deuce Bobby Eggs
2014                                                        Animal Rescue

Jame Gandolfini AKA Tony Soprano  can rest in peace knowing that when he reaches the Perly Gates of Heaven St. Peter the will be given a pass for all of the “hits” he sanctioned in his long lustrous career.

“Come on in Tony; you weren’t such a bad guy after all”