Vincent Pastore, The Sopranos Actor, Dies at 80

Vincent Pastore, the histrion champion known for playing Salvatore Bonpensiero successful the groundbreaking TV bid The Sopranos, has died astatine 80.

The histrion was recovered dormant successful his location successful the Bronx today, August 1, arsenic reported by Deadline. A neighbour reportedly discovered his assemblage portion checking connected him aft helium hadn't been heard from for 3 days.

The tract reported that "the circumstances surrounding his decease are being investigated." Additional details regarding Pastore's passing person not been revealed.

"Vinnie was a large guy, helium would assistance anyone and was precise charitable," Pastore’s manager Bob McGowan told Deadline.

Pastore has a decadeslong vocation successful movie and TV that dates backmost to the '80s, but his relation arsenic Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero successful The Sopranos is nary uncertainty his astir recognizable role. He starred successful HBO's deed mobster play alongside the precocious James Gandolfini's Tony Soprano for 30 of the show's 86 episodes.

Vincent Pastore. Photo by Dia Dipasupil/WireImage.

If you've adjacent semi-regularly watched TV immoderate clip successful the past decade, there's a decent accidental you've seen Pastore popular up present and there. His credits see roles successful General Hospital, Law & Order, Everybody Hates Chris, Mad TV, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and much, overmuch more. He besides reprised his relation arsenic Salvatore Bonpensiero successful The Sopranos: Road to Respect 2006 video crippled for the PlayStation 2.

In the movie world, helium acted with Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci successful Goodfellas, Al Pacino and Sean Penn successful 1993's Carlito's Way, and helium was 1 of the galore big-name actors to supply their dependable talents to 2004's Shark Tale. He astir precocious showed up for a impermanent relation successful Showtime's Yellowjackets.

Despite The Sopranos being filled with a formed of memorable characters, Pastore's relation successful the amusement has remained 1 of the astir memorable. Fans of his enactment implicit the years person taken to societal media to stock their condolences.

That clip erstwhile Vincent Pastore was 1 of galore large impermanent stars connected "Everybody Hates Chris." He played the relation of a bookie looking for Chris aka "Chrissy the Black." #RIP pic.twitter.com/MUjqhno3wi https://t.co/pTgXZCJQcd

— Charles T (@ChuckyT3) August 1, 2026

Actors die. Great characters don’t. Big Pussy volition outlive each of us. pic.twitter.com/h4CYuCgHPu

— Catulle Lafortune (@catul_lafortune) August 1, 2026

RIP Legend 🕊️ pic.twitter.com/JsFE3swbU3

— itzahmemario (@itzahmemario) August 1, 2026 — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 1, 2026

Photo by Dia Dipasupil/WireImage.

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