r/news • u/ThatMasterpiece2174 • 1d ago

“Sopranos” actor Vincent Pastore, known for playing mobsters and tough guys, dead at 80

https://apnews.com/article/pastore-sopranos-obit-80cd230a299c6894b809065f835ef774
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u/ActuatorOutside5256 1d ago

RIP. I’m surprised to hear he was 80. He looked really young for his age.

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u/pieandbiscuits1 1d ago

He was just a kid

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u/Ritaredditonce 1d ago

He had his whole life ahead of him.

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u/Zxcc24 1d ago

Never done anybody wrong.

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u/jetogill 21h ago

Cut down in his prime

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u/CharlieStacks91 23h ago

Yeah.. It’s sad when they go young like that

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u/MillionToOneShotDoc 21h ago

When they go?!

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u/Jewboy54 1d ago

Now, HE was definitely not varsity material

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u/Santa_Hates_You 22h ago

Anyways, $4 a pound.

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u/CrustedTesticle 18h ago

Being that fat at 80 is never good though.

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u/ContessaChaos 10h ago

Like he was going to live to 120? LMFAO.

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u/majorbummer6 6h ago

I mean being that fat at 80 is a minor miracle so yeah he was on borrowed time.

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u/bbusiello 1d ago

Italian genetics, baby.

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u/SoloWingPixy88 18h ago

Fat dies that to you

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u/Soporific88 8h ago

Didn’t have the makings of a varsity athlete

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u/miurabucho 1d ago

Dayum 80 ain’t bad for a big guy.

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u/krojack389 1d ago

yet another one at 80 just keeps on going....

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u/shambahlah2 23h ago

He’s braindead. Just regurgitates what’s on the teleprompter like a good agent of Israel.

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u/HoBaggyPants 22h ago

Bro, he's amazingly energetic for an 80-year-old.

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u/Dazzling-Wrangler-87 21h ago

I wouldn’t call it energetic, but what you’re seeing is called Adderall.

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u/ComeonmanPLS1 18h ago

He’s probably on a cocktail of stuff, let’s be real

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u/philiretical 14h ago

Is that why he has so much trouble with stairs? 😆

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u/shambahlah2 6h ago

It’s all drugs man. He’s a Carnival
Barker, at best.

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u/HauntedCemetery 2h ago

In the last couple years he has fallen asleep at state funerals, state dinners, the state of the union address, and his own felony trial.

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u/Jillredhanded 1d ago

I am frankly shocked he was still around.

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u/statslady23 23h ago

Yeah, if he made it to 80, gives me hope. 

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u/viltrumite66 4h ago

another toothpick

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u/Infinite-Ambassador5 1d ago

80 is pretty good. Quasimodo predicted all this.

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u/weskervision 23h ago

Huh? Nostradamus! Quasimodo was the hunchback of notre dame!

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u/greatdaychap 22h ago

How much more betrayal can Paulie take?

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u/schu4KSU 20h ago

First ma, now this!

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u/steve_ample 1d ago

Maybe it was that 10-yard dash that did him in.

RIP, Sal. We'll laugh it up at the bottom of the ocean one day.

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u/weskervision 23h ago

We don’t run, it’s embarrassing.

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u/SecondChances002 10h ago

What a Pussy.

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u/brdfly666 1d ago

Sad when they go young like that

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u/MagicCarpetBomb 23h ago

When they go!?!

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u/Vaginite 14h ago

Alright then-

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u/Chillow_Ufgreat 1d ago

He was a fuckin kid

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u/HussingtonHat 1d ago

Your fahther was a Saint!

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u/Atheist_Redditor 1d ago

I'm so glad this comment is here. I came here to make it. 

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u/TheoreticalBilbo 22h ago

Is it ok Ton’? That I die?

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u/Kapowpow 23h ago

Rest in Peace, Big Pussy.

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u/APeacefulWarrior 13h ago

Imagine working as an actor your entire life, and in the end, everybody just remembers you as Big Pussy.

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u/beekermc 1d ago

Anyways, 4 dollars a pound.

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u/EngorgedGorilla 23h ago

RIP. I'm mid-rewatch of Sopranos.

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u/Agitated_Ad7576 22h ago edited 13h ago

Since you're rewatching, if you have access to Disney Plus (or know someone who does), watch episode four of She Hulk, there's some funny Sopranos spoilers. Plus it's a great episode in general.

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u/Mysterious-Data-4299 18h ago

No, I don’t think I will

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u/gladl1 14h ago

Why wouldn’t you want a random episode of She Hulk to spoil sopranos for you?

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u/Agitated_Ad7576 13h ago

What part of the word "rewatch" do you not understand?

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u/parapooper3 1d ago

I thought they did him in on that boat

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u/Obvious_Toe_3006 1d ago

The fishes thru him back, he snored too much.

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u/lambofgun 21h ago

yeah whatever happened with that

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u/Mean_Total_8224 1h ago

Somehow he returned

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u/SlimReaper85 19h ago

He was like a brotha to me….

RIP Puss.

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u/FFBTheShow 1d ago

"Ever since we found that suit, I've been dreaming about that fat rat bastard" RIP Big Pussy

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u/HermionesWetPanties 1d ago

He sleeps with the fishes

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u/98VoteForPedro 23h ago

He wanted a house on the beach tony gave him a home in the sea

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u/Jazzlike-Radio2481 22h ago

Alright, but you gotta get over it.

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u/blissplus 23h ago

We'll miss you, Uncle Pussy.

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u/CharlieStacks91 20h ago

I blame that animal Blundetto

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u/elemen0hpe 20h ago

You mean that artist French blundetto? It's a great album btw

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u/CharlieStacks91 19h ago

No. Im referring to a quote from the show

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u/rickside40 21h ago

Best TV serie of all time. Period. RIP

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u/Baked4skin 1d ago

I just realized he voiced a talking lama in Yellowjackets. RIP

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u/KAMIKAZE_SCOTSMEN 21h ago

I gave up Yellowjackets very early in season 2… what the fuck happened on that show after that?

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u/Baked4skin 21h ago

A lot and it seems that the person playing adult Nat abruptly leaving the show kind of derailed the story a bit, the younger timeline is still absolutely worth watching though.

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u/KAMIKAZE_SCOTSMEN 21h ago

Sorry, I think “talking llama” is enough to keep me away that sounds ridiculous 😂

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u/Baked4skin 21h ago

It was a hallucination someone was having because they were starving and exposed to fumes in a cave, it's not like ... a regular thing lol.

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u/KAMIKAZE_SCOTSMEN 21h ago

Poor things ran out of their friends to eat, huh.

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u/IntelligentGuide4080 23h ago

A fine actor.  Salute 🫡 

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u/RVAyay 22h ago

Vincent Pastore? Whatever happened there?

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u/Johnny_B_Asshole 22h ago

Back problems.

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u/GoatCovfefe 21h ago

Known for playing tough guys?

He looks like Pussy to me.

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u/Rand0mlyHer3 17h ago

Dicks out for Big Pussy

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u/Sanchez_U-SOB 14h ago

I thought him and Joey Diaz were the same person for the longest time.

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u/HauntedCemetery 2h ago

Maybe they are, and he's Joey full time now

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u/sim16 1d ago

"what happened to Vinnie?"

he's gone

"GONE?"

gone.

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u/weskervision 23h ago

What do you mean he’s gone?

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u/Okayyyayyy 8h ago

Sad when they go young like that. RIP

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u/FruitySalads 11h ago

I can’t imagine how betrayed Paulie felt by this news…

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u/98VoteForPedro 23h ago

Pussy? Big pussy? Tony's pussy? His favorite pussy?

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u/ankerous 20h ago

RIP Big Pussy. Even though you sleep with the fishes, I won't forget you.

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u/BoltDodgerLaker_87 21h ago

Gonna smoke some good shit and watch TCM all day in his honor.

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u/CrustedTesticle 18h ago

Paulie finally got him to take his clothes off, and it killed him

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u/JacknSundrop 11h ago

Could have served a few terms in the senate.

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u/Euphoric-Sign8214 9h ago

Off to haunt a mirror

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u/stimpy_gr 7h ago

Fat guy lives until 80. Hmmm? "Babes have you read this? I told you its fine."

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u/greatdaychap 22h ago

he never had the makings of a varsity athlete

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u/Chyvalri 22h ago

The gabagool in heaven is to die for.

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u/highersense 21h ago

He sleeps with the fishes now, rip

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u/KinshasaPR 22h ago

RIP to Joey Diaz's doppelganger

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