"Sopranos" James Gandolfini Dead At 51

Variety reports that James Gandolfini died at the age of 51 in Italy of a heart-attack.

Three-time Emmy winner James Gandolfini has died in Italy at the age of 51 of a possible heart attack. According to HBO, he was on vacation at the time.  

Gandolfini, most famous for playing Tony Soprano on HBO's critically lauded "The Sopranos", is survived by his wife and daughter. 

Gandolfini recently appeared in the 2012 Oscar-nominated drama about the manhunt for Osama Bin-laden, Zero Dark Thirty. 

Gandolfini's last filmed role is the 2014 crime-drama Animal Rescue starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and written by Boston-centered Dennis Lehane (Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River).