Sopranos Star Vincent Pastore’s 80th Birthday Follows by Tributes Amid Death
Vincent Pastore, famed as The Sopranos’ Big Pussy, marked his 80th birthday with his longtime associate Stephen Villano weeks before being found dead of natural causes at his City Island home; friends and castmates remembered him as generous and community-minded, while his career spanned theater, film, TV, and even a rock band, with extensive charitable work and support for veterans and the NYPD.