Just awful. Supposedly heart attack.
Man you never know when it is your time to go.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/r-i-p-james-gandolfini/
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Most will remember him as "Tony Soprano" what I really recall about him is on 9/11 he was on a bike in downtown NYC talking to a cop that day.
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Wait, is he Morgan Freeman dead, or Whitney Houston dead?
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Colorado Dolfan ...dirty drownin' man?
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The good die young. RIP.
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I know I'll be in the vast minority here but sorry, no sympathy. The man left behind a 13 year old and an 8 MONTH old. You're that age and have kids like that, get your **** together and take care of yourself. -
What sucks for Gandolfini is that I am sure his roles called for him to be bigger. Kind of a victim of circumstance for that lifestyle.....There is no movie market for a skinny in shape Gandofini....Sethdaddy8 and Pagan like this. -
Difference is that this guy was a great actor and the world will miss his work. -
I mourn this for selfish reasons. I mourn for anything he could have done in the future.
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There are also people in our military who died in Afghanistan recently, and no one makes a big deal out of their passing. Like I said, I KNOW I'm in the minority, but I'm not going to mourn someone for being good at pretending to be someone else, especially when their death could have been avoided by not being a ****ing gavone and taking care of themselves.finyank13 likes this. -
There are people in our military who died in Afghanistan and that's supposed to be a surprise? Soldiers die, that's a part of war.
lol Pretending to be someone else. He was a great actor who people across the world enjoyed. He also did a lot for charity organizations and especially the soldiers you speak of. -
End of story for me.
And I didn't say those in the military that die are a surprise. I pointed out that you don't hear about them. No one is mourning them but their families. It's just annoying that their passing is ignored while an (fill in the blank: actor, musician, sports star, etc.) is lavished with praise.
I also don't know what you found so funny. What is acting but pretending to be someone you're not? Isn't that the heart of the job? ;) -
This happened to my cousin, 37, not an ounce of fat on him, didn't smoke didn't drink.
Heart aneurysm, he was dead in 2 minutes. When it is your time to go that's it.finyank13 likes this. -
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Not really. If that was the case then pretty much everyone on the planet would be considered an actor on a daily basis.
You kind of side-stepped what Padre said. His whole point was that you don't know if this was completely avoidable without knowing the facts about his heart and what if any kinds of defects he had. So right now you saying that is incorrect. -
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Sorry man, I come from the mindset that people who patrol our streets protecting us from crime, rush into buildings that are on fire, spend years away from their loved ones overseas fighting, perform operations and save lives, or shape the minds of the youth of this country are far more important and deserving of pay AND praise than someone who gets millions to entertain.
Again, yes...if it's genetic no matter what you do it will only prolong the inevitable. What you AND Padre are sidestepping is that if it was genetic, you do whatever you can TO prolong it so that an 8 month old infant at least gets a ****ing MEMORY of its father, ya know?finyank13 likes this. -
Well, you have to have an MRI that is looking explicitly for such defects b/c it boils down to weak vein walls on the arteries that run into the heart, a "normal" physical will not detect the condition.
Not saying being grossly obese, doing lines of coke and eating a bad diet is a good thing, or won't contribute to a bad health condition, am saying such a congenital defect is unknown to most people who have it.
Like the potential draftees who discover that they have a rare neck condition that could lead to paralysis if they continued to play, it is only discovered at the combine process. This after years of physicals before being allowed to play football.slickj101 likes this. -
Wow huge blanket statement there. We were talking about the military so I guess you need to throw in the rest to try to make your point. I'm nowhere near the mindset that those troops overseas are fighting for our freedom, so if that's your next statement I'll save you some time. I think that's the biggest line of bull**** in recent history. The only troops that I feel bad for are the ones who were pretty much forced into enlisting bc of a lack of job opportunity after hs.
Like I said, then right now you're incorrect saying he could of prevented it. There's plenty of people w heart issues that go undetected until it's too late. -
Like I said, just tired of the hero worship for those who don't deserve it while those who do don't get it. Even Gandolfini himself agreed with that, otherwise he wouldn't have made those documentaries bringing them into the spotlight.
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That and the fact that even though I'm in the entertainment business myself, I don't think entertainers should be worshiped the way they are. -
If say Raul Perez the truck driver dies in Cleveland, would there even be a thread? -
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Maybe it was just his time but I agree that with him raising children he needs to do everything possible that he can do to help extend the time. Laying off the drugs and controlling the weight could have helped him out quite a bit. It's a shame. -
If the Sopranos never existed I doubt your life in any way, shape or form would be different, yet if food wasn't trucked in every day I tend to think it would have an effect.
Let's be realistic. Entertainers don't effect "millions of lives." They entertain. Unless the entertainer influences you to try what they do as a career, they're not "effecting" you. Your life wouldn't change one iota if they didn't exist.padre31 likes this. -
Simply put, entertainers, from sports to TV are paid big money for a reason. Because they reach millions of people and bring enjoyment and entertainment to people's lives. So yes they are on a pedestal, and there's nothing wrong with that.
I just want to clarify, that I'm not saying Raul's life is any less important then an entertainers, I'm simply saying its natural for people to react differently to death of those that have been in your life in some way shape or form. Which entertainers are. -
GTFO with blaming service members for W's ill advised invasion. They did their duty. The invasion was a mistake but it was not an illegal order they were following, it was approved by elected representatives in Congress. More and more people in today's generation think it's somebody's else's job to do the difficult things that have to be done in service of the nation. For that reason I still have a healthy level of respect for service members even if there are no Nazis for them to fight. And when I say 'difficult things' I mean more than just going to a war. It's not easy to work long hours for a fairly low salary. It's not easy to be forced to leave your hometown behind and move every three years or to leave family behind for weeks at a time for training.finyank13 likes this. -
You gtfo w saying I'm blaming the troops for the bull**** reasons they're there. I said I feel bad for the ones that had no other options so idk how you make that leap.
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All I am going to say is that not everybody in today's military signed up because of lesser opportunities in the civilian side, myself included. People looked at me like "what the hell" at the recruiters station. There are actually many people in the military who sign up from various different backgrounds. Sure the "unfortunates" exist but they are the minority, again you be surprised how many people do it and what they do sign up for.....
And I will say 100% none of them expect sympathy, praise, or anything else as well...all they expect is their medical is covered if and when they sustain injuries of any scope resulting during service.....The VA has been much better than in the past....muscle979 likes this.
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