{"id":155496,"date":"2026-08-01T22:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T22:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155496"},"modified":"2026-08-01T22:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T22:44:20","slug":"sopranos-actor-vincent-pastore-known-for-playing-mobsters-and-tough-guys-dies-at-80united-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155496","title":{"rendered":"Sopranos actor Vincent Pastore, known for playing mobsters and tough guys, dies at 80United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostVincent Pastore, a veteran actor who played mobsters and tough guys, and was best known for playing Salvatore \u201cBig Pussy\u201d Bonpensiero on The Sopranos, has died. He was 80.<br \/>\nBob McGowan, who had managed Pastore since his run on The Sopranos, told Associated Press that he learned of his death on Saturday from another client and actor on the show, Vincent Curatola.<br \/>\nHe said Pastore had been found in his home on New York\u2019s City Island after not being heard from for a few days.<br \/>\nMcGowan said he had been&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3362668\/sopranos-actor-vincent-pastore-known-playing-mobsters-and-tough-guys-dies-80?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostVincent Pastore, a veteran actor who played mobsters and tough guys, and was best known for playing Salvatore \u201cBig Pussy\u201d Bonpensiero&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155496"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}