\nGennaro Anthony’s family is saddened, but filled with love, pride, and many fond memories. \u2018Tony\u2019Sirico would like to inform you about his passing on July 8, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\nHis long career in showbusiness spanned back to 1970s. He later earned a reputation for playing criminals and gangsters. He played a major role in Goodfellas<\/em>In 1990, the film starred Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro. Ray Liotta died earlier in the year.\u00a0<\/p>\nIn the ensuing decade, he had many acting credits. However, it was with The Sopranos<\/em>It was 1999 when he got his big break, and he became an important part of pop music for fans.\u00a0<\/p>\nTony Sirico as Paulie Walnuts was a fan-favorite character as a henchman. He survived all six seasons. Tony Soprano was played by James Gandolfini. The actor died nearly exactly nine years earlier at the age 51. Paulie didn’t hesitate to get dirty and had a long list of victims at the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was an integral part of the series and fans who returned to the Soprano clan with him became devoted. The Many Saints of Newark<\/em>It is certain that Sirico would love to reprise his most well-known role. Paul Magnussen, the younger Paulie Walnuts character in the 2021 film.\u00a0<\/p>\nTogether with the rest, The Sopranos<\/em>He was nominated seven time for the Screen Actors Guild Award of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble for a Drama Series. The sixth and final seasons were split in half, winning two times.\u00a0<\/p>\nHe would then contribute to several episodes of other television shows, including two episodes on The Bachelorette. Lilyhammer<\/em>In 2013 and 2014, there were two episodes of American Dad<\/em>In 2017 and 2019, there were five episodes of The Amazing Race. Family Guy<\/em>Between 2013-2016 Between 2013 and 2016, he voiced Vinny’s character in animated series. He also made a rare appearance as himself in live-action.<\/p>\nTony Sirico was a key part of a cast that made a significant impact on pop culture. His show helped establish the era for prestige TV. CinemaBlend sends our condolences to the actor’s family, friends and loved ones. You can revisit Paulie Walnuts’ work with CinemaBlend. The Sopranos<\/em>You can stream on Max.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The SopranosA talented cast of actors kept the show going for six seasons. However, another member of that cast has now died. Tony Sirico, better known as Paulie Walnuts, has passed away. At the time of his death, he was 79 years old.\u00a0 Tony Sirico, who was three weeks away from turning 80 on July […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":113724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1657334569_The-Sopranos-Actor-Tony-Sirico-Is-Dead-At-79.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113725,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113723\/revisions\/113725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}