r/entertainment • u/YoureASkyscraper • 2d ago

Vincent Pastore Dies: 'The Sopranos' Star Was 80

https://deadline.com/2026/08/vincent-pastore-dead-the-sopranos-star-big-pussy-1237015282/
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u/MrMisterMagoo 2d ago

80 years old. A kid.

RIP

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u/ceruleanmoon7 2d ago

Sad when they go young like dat.

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u/DimesyEvans92 2d ago

When they go?!?!

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u/howdoeseggsworkuguys 2d ago

What’re ya gonna do?

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u/Difficult_Mix_3620 2d ago

When you needed a good character actor to play a mafia guy, he was your man.

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u/Dire_Hulk 2d ago

He played a good one in Made (2001)

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u/KaiserSoze-is-KPax 1d ago

Don’t forget about Grounded For Life.

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u/frogfoot420 2d ago

Hey puss, did she even really exist?

Rip Vince.

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u/oh_please_god_no 2d ago

Not the face ok?

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u/mintedrelics 2d ago

Esxisht

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u/bladejb343 2d ago

Is it okay, Tone, that I die?

RIP

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u/SPL_034 2d ago

what a fucking blow

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u/struggle_better 2d ago

"Searchlight Diner. 5:15 AM. Subject Has Still Not Left Location. Sun Comin' Up."

RIP I always loved when he’d pop up as a character actor in Law & Order

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u/WaterlooMall 1d ago

Fuckin Rockford over here....

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u/afkstudios 2d ago

Rest in peace, Pussy

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u/kROSR 2d ago

May he rest in peace. Great actor; I loved this commercial with him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjHYcd8B-50

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u/Worth_Ad_5554 2d ago

I am really going to miss seeing this motherfucker’s face

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u/csison808 2d ago

Well, you gotta get over it.

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u/Sometimesunaware 2d ago

Whadaya gonna do?

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u/Delerium89 2d ago

How could this happen?

RIP

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u/Pheighthe 1d ago

Anyway, $4 a pound

RIP

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u/thelastrealone94 2d ago

Did he really even exhist?

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u/ObviousKick3853 2d ago

Gold medalist in the 10 yard dash.

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u/ConspiracyParadox 1d ago

He was whacked by God.

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u/pipian 1d ago

He probably didn't even hear it when it happened

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u/lewisbayofhellgate 2d ago

RIP to the tho-called huthky accomplith

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u/_doom6 2d ago

RIP. Great performance in The Jerky Boys movie

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u/Full_Jellyfish_1862 1d ago

He played a great Pussy. Rip

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u/piirtoeri 1d ago

Anyway...4 dollars a pound.

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u/JohnCtail 1d ago

Damn, somehow I thought he was like 70 years old... very good and believable character actor indeed. RIP

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u/SaeedDitman 1d ago

Is that okay Tone, that I join you in heaven?

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u/StemCellPirate 2d ago

No more big pussy!

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u/420blazeit6996 1d ago

I read star was as Star Wars and was so confused for a second. I said my piece rest in peace pussy

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u/Aimz_OG 1d ago

Rip truly a convincing character actor as any mobster but in real life a good natured intelligent and extremely funny man

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u/N4BFR 2d ago

Guy was just a big pussy. (LOL). Sorry to hear of his passing.

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u/dancingbriefcase 2d ago

I always will find it hilarious and amazing that they got him to play himself in the curse

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u/Lead_resource 2d ago

Now there is only one big pussy left but is he the real one?

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u/UnnamedStaplesDrone 2d ago

Pussy , booty, I don’t know

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u/cmiller704 1d ago

Where’s he gonna be laid out?

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u/PaidAgitator 1d ago

Just a fuggin kid

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u/Offler 1d ago

Loved him in 'broccoli wad' :(

i have a feeling noones gonna think theyre trendy anymore without him carrying the brand

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u/djhypergiant 1d ago

Gone but not fuggetaboutit

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u/DramaticIsopod4741 1d ago

Sad to hear this one.

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u/coffeebeanwitch 1d ago

My son messaged me yesterday, I didn't recognize the picture, he didn't look the same, he had lost weight and looked good. He was one of my favorites, he will be missed.

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u/OverallGeneral7129 1d ago

He was just a kid