Hollywood and the rest of the world have been thrown into mourning following the death of James Gandolfini “one of the greatest actors of all time” after he died of a heart attack on holiday in Rome.
Gandolfini, 51, had spent a “beautiful day out” with wife Deborah, son Michael, 13, and nine-month-old daughter Liliana Ruth before Michael found him collapsed in the bathroom.
Friends said, much like his character, he fought to the bitter end but he died on the way to hospital.
Gandolfini was relatively unknown until his life changed forever when Sopranos creator David Chase cast him as the ruthless mob boss.
With his infamous swagger and a look that could kill, James Gandolfini turned murderous, clinically depressed mob boss Tony Soprano into the most lethal man on television.
Yesterday Chase led tributes to the actor, who he described as “a genius”.
He said: “Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes.
“I remember telling him many times, ‘You don’t get it. You’re like Mozart’. There would be silence on the other end of the phone.
“He wasn’t easy sometimes. But he was my partner, he was my brother in ways I can’t and never will be able to explain.”
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