JamesG
09-13-2017, 04:49 PM
Frank Vincent, Mob Boss Phil Leotardo on "The Sopranos", Dies at 78 (Report)
by Mike Barnes
Sept. 13, 2017
Frank Vincent, who played the vicious mob boss Phil Leotardo on "The Sopranos", has died. He was 78. Vincent died of complications from heart surgery in New Jersey, TMZ reported.
Vincent also portrayed tough guys for director Martin Scorsese in Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) — as the real-life Gambino gangster Billy Batts, he with the memorable line, "Go home and get your shine box!" — and Casino (1995).
On HBO's "The Sopranos", Leotardo often butted heads with James Gandolfini's Tony Soprano as he eventually rose to become boss of the Lupertazzi crime family.
A native of North Adams, Mass., Vincent was raised in Jersey City, N.J. and became a drummer, performing with the likes of Paul Anka, Del Shannon and Trini Lopez and the Belmonts.
In 2006, Vincent co-wrote the book A Guy’s Guide to Being a Man’s Man.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frank-vincent-dead-phil-leotardo-sopranos-was-78-1038726
by Mike Barnes
Sept. 13, 2017
Frank Vincent, who played the vicious mob boss Phil Leotardo on "The Sopranos", has died. He was 78. Vincent died of complications from heart surgery in New Jersey, TMZ reported.
Vincent also portrayed tough guys for director Martin Scorsese in Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) — as the real-life Gambino gangster Billy Batts, he with the memorable line, "Go home and get your shine box!" — and Casino (1995).
On HBO's "The Sopranos", Leotardo often butted heads with James Gandolfini's Tony Soprano as he eventually rose to become boss of the Lupertazzi crime family.
A native of North Adams, Mass., Vincent was raised in Jersey City, N.J. and became a drummer, performing with the likes of Paul Anka, Del Shannon and Trini Lopez and the Belmonts.
In 2006, Vincent co-wrote the book A Guy’s Guide to Being a Man’s Man.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frank-vincent-dead-phil-leotardo-sopranos-was-78-1038726