‘Sopranos’ actor Tony Sirico, ‘Paulie Walnuts,’ dies at 79

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The actor who played mobster Paulie Walnuts on “The Sopranos” and other tough-guy roles in movies has died.

Tony Sirico’s longtime manager says the 79-year-old actor died Friday at an assisted living facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The cause of death wasn’t immediately released. Sirico was born in 1942 in New York City. He told the Los Angeles Times in 1990 that he became interested in acting in prison in the 1970s after he saw a performance by a group of ex-convicts. Among his other film credits are Woody Allen’s “Bullets over Broadway” and “Mighty Aphrodite.”

Sirico appeared on TV series including “Miami Vice” and voiced roles on “Family Guy” and “American Dad!”

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