the actor who played tony soprano died on june 19, 2013.
the actor who played tony soprano died on june 19, 2013.
when did the actor who played tony soprano die?
june 19 , 2013
following gandolfini's death on june 19, 2013, gandolfini's portrayal of soprano was praised for its influence on subsequent other tv characters. "tv guide" columnist matt roush stated, "without tony, there's no vic mackey of "the shield", no al swearengen of "deadwood", no don draper of "mad men"" (whose creator, matthew weiner, honed his craft as a writer on "the sopranos"). similar testimonials were included by his co-stars and colleagues; bryan cranston stated that his "breaking bad" character, walter white, would not have existed without tony soprano.
tony soprano
johnny soprano is [[tony soprano]]'s deceased father, the former captain of the [[list of characters from the sopranos in the soprano crime family#tony soprano/gualtieri/moltisanti crew associates|soprano crew]]. he was the son of [[list of the sopranos characters – friends and family#corrado soprano sr.|corrado soprano sr.]] and mariangela d'agostino from [[ariano]] in the [[province of avellino]] who immigrated to the united states in 1911; he was a master [[stonemason]] who helped to build a church in [[newark, new jersey]]. johnny was married to [[livia soprano|livia pollio]] and they had three children: [[janice soprano|janice]], [[tony soprano|tony]], and [[barbara soprano giglione|barbara]]. johnny worked closely with his older brother [[junior soprano|junior]] during tony's childhood. johnny was sent away to prison, for a short while when tony was young, and the family members said johnny boy was in [[montana]] working as a cowboy. johnny and junior both went on to become [[caporegime|capos]] in the [[dimeo crime family]]. johnny was well liked in the organization – before his death, boss [[list of characters from the sopranos in the dimeo crime family#ercoli .22eckley.22 dimeo|ercoli "eckley" dimeo]] was thought to have been considering having johnny take over. sal "big pussy" bonpensiero and paulie gualtieri were both in johnny's crew. bonpensiero stood up for johnny in the unrest of '83, and johnny's leadership led to sal's becoming a [[made man]] shortly afterward. both sal and paulie followed johnny's wishes and supported tony's becoming capo after johnny's death of [[emphysema]]. johnny took tony and his friend silvio dante under his wing, and brought them up in the organization as part of his crew.
list of the sopranos characters – friends and family