‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Law & Order’ actor Paul Sorvino dies at 83

LOS ANGELES, July 25 (Reuters) – Paul Sorvino, who performed the function of gangster Paulie Cicero in basic mob film “Goodfellas,” has died on the age of 83, a spokesperson for the actor stated on Monday.

Sorvino, additionally identified for portraying police sergeant Phil Cerreta on TV sequence “Regulation & Order” within the Nineteen Nineties, labored in movie and tv and on stage for greater than 50 years.

He died on the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, of pure causes, the spokesperson stated.

“I’m fully devastated. The love of my life & probably the most great man who has ever lived is gone. I’m heartbroken,” his spouse, Dee Dee Sorvino, wrote on Twitter.

Born in Brooklyn in 1939, Sorvino studied music and initially wished to change into an opera singer earlier than he turned to appearing.

His lengthy profession included roles in Broadway play “That Championship Season” and a 1982 movie adaptation. Different film credit included “Dick Tracy,” “Reds” and “Nixon,” during which he performed Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Martin Scorsese tapped Sorvino at age 50 to play Cicero, a quiet however formidable character primarily based on the real-life mobster Paul Vario, in 1990’s “Goodfellas.”

Sorvino had three youngsters, together with actor Mira Sorvino, who thanked her father when she accepted her Academy Award for 1995 movie “Mighty Aphrodite.”

“He has taught me every thing I find out about appearing,” she stated on the time as he regarded on from the viewers and broke into tears.

On Monday, Mira Sorvino stated “my coronary heart is lease asunder” by her father’s dying.

“A lifetime of love and pleasure and knowledge with him is over,” she wrote on Twitter. “He was probably the most great father. I like him a lot. I’m sending you’re keen on within the stars Dad as you ascend.”

Reporting by Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles
Reporting by Shivam Patel in Bengaluru
Modifying by Marguerita Choy and Matthew Lewis

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