{"id":25686,"date":"2026-08-03T00:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25686"},"modified":"2026-08-03T00:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:41:59","slug":"vincent-pastore-dead-sopranos-stars-share-tributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25686","title":{"rendered":"Vincent Pastore Dead: Sopranos Stars Share Tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Michael Imperioli and More &#8216;Sopranos&#8217; Alums Mourn Vincent Pastore After His Death<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/the_sopranos\">The Sopranos<\/a><\/em> family is honoring the memory of one of their own.<\/p>\n<p>After <strong>Vincent Pastore<\/strong>\u2014known for his role as Salvatore \u201cBig P&#8212;y\u201d Bonpensiero in the HBO series\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1434579\/sopranos-star-vincent-pastore-dead-at-80\">died at the age of 80<\/a>, his former <em>Sopranos<\/em> costars shared touching tributes in honor of their late costar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA wonderful actor, a kind and loving man,\u201d <strong>Jamie-Lynn Sigler<\/strong>, who starred as Tony Soprano\u2019s daughter Meadow, wrote on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/jamielynnsigler\/\">Instagram Stories<\/a> Aug. 1. \u201cIt was an honor to know you and work with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Imperioli<\/strong>, who played Christopher Moltisanti on <em>The Sopranos<\/em>, also paid his respects, sharing a throwback photo of himself and Pastore on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dbg1eWLhaMv\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a> to celebrate the life of his \u201cbeloved friend and collaborator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a hard one for us, it seems like I\u2019ve known Vinny forever,\u201d Imperioli, known as Christopher Moltisanti in the show, continued. \u201cWe did lots of work together and traveled all over the USA as well as Italy and Australia. 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