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 2013-06-19 7:19 PM |
Champion  6931      Bellingham, Washington |  Subject: James Gandolfini dead at 51I've never seen the Sopranos show, but I remember him being a very good BAD guy in other films and shows. Early reports were Heart attack while visiting Italy. |
| 2013-06-19 8:18 PM in reply to: BellinghamSpence |
| Deep in the Heart of Texas | Subject: RE: James Gandolfini dead at 51 Wow, just wow. Gandolfini was excellent as Tony Soprano and pretty good in every roll I can remember. |
| 2013-06-19 9:08 PM in reply to: Hook'em |
Extreme Veteran 875 Issaquah | Subject: RE: James Gandolfini dead at 51 Bummer. Sopranos was the only reason we had HBO back in the day. We would cancel the service between seasons... Haven't had HBO since. |
| 2013-06-20 6:30 AM in reply to: BellinghamSpence |
Master 1736 Midcoast Maine | Subject: RE: James Gandolfini dead at 51 Woke up to this news...so sad. He was a very talented actor - and one of the main reasons we watched the Sopranos. I think what bugs me even more is he was only 51...only 4 years older than me... Thoughts go out to his family. |
| 2013-06-20 9:39 AM in reply to: BellinghamSpence |
Master 3205 ann arbor, michigan | Subject: RE: James Gandolfini dead at 51 This should be linked to the "Is obesity a disease?" thread. He may have been genetically predisposed to heart disease but his lifestyle "choices" cannot have helped his long term prognosis. Very sad. He apparently has a daughter that is less than a year old who will now never know her dad. |
| 2013-06-20 12:39 PM in reply to: wannabefaster |
Champion 7821 Brooklyn, NY | Subject: RE: James Gandolfini dead at 51 Originally posted by wannabefaster This should be linked to the "Is obesity a disease?" thread. He may have been genetically predisposed to heart disease but his lifestyle "choices" cannot have helped his long term prognosis. Nice. Is it unreasonable to wait until the autopsy's finished and he's in the ground before we start passing judgement? |
| 2013-06-20 12:58 PM in reply to: jmk-brooklyn |
Elite 6387 | Subject: RE: James Gandolfini dead at 51 I really liked his work. He did stuff before the Sapranos, but he really shined in that. I would watch anything he was in after that.
But by far his best work was when he did an HBO documentary on wounded soldiers. I was very hesitant to watch it because I thought wounded soldiers were going to be used to make some sort of "statement" at the time. But all it was was the human spirit triumphing over adversity. It was incredibly emotional and inspirational. Gandolphini was the Executive Producer and moderator, and he was absolutely perfect. It was nothing about him, he just asked the questions, and you could tell he had great respect for the subject. If you guys ever get the chance, watch it. |
| 2013-06-21 10:28 AM in reply to: powerman |
Veteran 513 Chicago (Old Town) | Subject: RE: James Gandolfini dead at 51 Very sad. For those interested, this is his finest performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-v6T4gUmkw I lost it when he grabbed the teddy bear!  |
| 2013-06-21 10:44 AM in reply to: julio26pt2 |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: James Gandolfini dead at 51 Sad. I sat next to him at a steakhouse in New York in 2006 after I'd just started working for the company for which I work now. He was very gracious to people who approached him and seemed like a genuinely nice guy from what I could see. And what a great actor. I dont recall disliking him in any of the roles he played. Even when he was the ahole general in The Last Castle I thought he did a great job. |
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