The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. His sister Stacey confirmed the news of her brother's death. Soon he was filling in as M.C. Danny Aiello, who played the leading man decades of movies and TV, died. Danny, fr He was 86. Approximately 10% of pancreatic cancer . And say hi to my mom for me. Share this article: Share this: He'd worked alongside his father in "Do The Right Thing" as his dad's on-camera stunt double. Aiello is survived by his wife of 64 years, Sandy Cohen and their four children. He studied at James Monroe High School. The actor continued to work steadily in more recent years, appearing not only in live-action films but also lending his voice to the occasional animated feature. He is survived by his three children, and wife Sandy, whom he has stayed with since 1955. Reports have said he was dealing with an infection related to an injection site and died shortly after his family left following a visit, according to TMZ. He is survived by his three children, and wife Sandy, whom he has stayed with since 1955. He had a small but notable role in "The . "The family asks for privacy at this time," she said in a statement. 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His last was in Making a Deal With the Devil, a 2019 F.B.I. The couple had four children: sons Rick, Danny III and Jaime and daughter Stacey. Rick, who appeared in Do The Right Thing, Jungle Fever and Clockers passed away 10 years after his brother Danny III died from the same disease. One minute before I go on, I look up at heaven and say, Mama, dont let me make a fool of myself.. drama. Singing had been his first love, and hed just recorded an album. Danny Aiello pictured in February 2004. 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Once he got arrested for stealing a chocolate bar from Woolworths and was taken to the 41st Precinct police station (that would be Fort Apache). "The family asks for privacy at this time," she said in a statement. Born in Manhattan, Aiello was raised in the Bronx with his five siblings, then dropped out of high school and enlisted in the Army when he was 16. At the time of the film's release, in an interview with the Chicago Tribune, he called the role his "first focal part". Danny Aiello III, 53, a veteran stuntman and stunt coordinator and a son of the actor Danny Aiello, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Hillsdale, N.J., his family said. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said a sister-in-law, Debbra Aiello. He was 53. Danny Aiello, the burly New York-born film and stage actor who was 40 when he made his movie debut and 16 years later earned an Academy . Unfortunately, thats how I paid my rent at the time. Danny Aiello, a veteran stage and film actor remembered for his roles in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing and Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo, has died at a New Jersey medical center at age 86. On the set of Robert AltmansReady to Wear(1994), Aiello saidGo fuck yourselftoLauren Bacall after she told him to shut up while he was practicing his lines. Im [heart] Broken. I suppose I could say acting is medicinal. Aiello had a walk-on role as small-time hood Tony Rosato in The Godfather Part II (1974), ad-libbing the line "Michael Corleone says hello!" His death was confirmed by Jennifer De Chiara, his literary agent, in an email. Danny Aiello was born on June 20, 1933 and died on December 12, 2019. The film and TV star, known for starring in Do The Right Thing and The Soporanos, passed away at . You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. He was the father of stuntman and actor Danny Aiello III, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2010. He worked on stage and screen. She survives him. Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose long career playing tough guys included roles in Moonstruck and Once Upon a Time in America has died. Danny used his singing talents in Broadway, creating dazzling performances in the Gemini and The House of Blue Leaves. [9] The strike was called without authorization by the parent union and he was suspended for that action. He played Don Domenico Clericuzio in the miniseries The Last Don (1997). De Niro wrote, "I am very saddened to hear of Danny's passing. Aiello played Biggie, a pop singer from Hoboken, New Jersey, in La RussosLampost Reunion, and he and it went fromconverted churchesto Broadway in 1975, when it earned a Tony nomination for best play and the actor a Theatre World award. The couple had four children: Jamie, Rick, Stacey, and stuntman/actor Danny Aiello III who died in 2010 after suffering from . He called off the strike after one day. Yes, you are, La Russo replied, you just dont know it yet.. He was 86. Me . The actor, who is best known for his supporting roles in movies such as Bang the Drum Slowly and The . I used to look through a script like this, he said, leafing through an imaginary sheaf of papers, running his finger down an imaginary page. His mother, Sandy, confirmed the news to TMZ . He appeared in three plays by Louis La Russo II: Lamppost Reunion (his Broadway debut - 1975), Wheelbarrow Closers (1976), and Knockout (1979). To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Aiellos death was confirmed by his publicist on Friday. Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was born on June 20, 1933, in Manhattan, the sixth of seven children of Daniel and Frances (Pietrocova) Aiello. His literary agent Jennifer De Chiara told USA Today: "The world has lost one of its greatest actors who also happened to be a wonderful human being. Get the day's top news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning. Danny's family had come to visit him Thursday, and we're told he died shortly after they'd left that evening. Aiellos first major role was as the gangster Tony Rosato in The Godfather Part II. In a brief but key scene in the movie, Aiello attempts to kill Frank Pentangeli, an associate of Michael Corleones. Making #Moonstruck ..It was one of the happiest times in my life,& He Was apart of that Happy time. A fourth son, stuntman and stunt coordinator Danny Aiello III, died in May 2010 of pancreatic cancer. 0:34. Danny, We Made Cinema History Together With DO THE RIGHT THING. He also has a role in The Black Caesar as Vito Lanza, due to be released in 2020. His surviving children are Jaime, and Stacey Aiello. I've seen it and experienced it. Getty(from Left), Aiello, Robert de Niro and Italian film director Sergio Leone arrive for the screening of the film Once upon a time in America (Il tait une fois en Amrique), on May 20, 1984 during the Cannes International Film Festival. By Anita Gates. His memoir,I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else, was published in 2014. Thanks for contacting us. Mr. Aiello never studied acting and was often described by critics as a natural a description, he said in a 2015 NPR interview, that he considered some sort of insult., To me, he said, it meant I was unlearned., In a 1990 interview with The New York Times Magazine, he appeared to dismiss Method techniques and preparation. Aiello broke into show business in the early 1970s, first acting in the Robert De Niro film "Bang the Drum Slowly." ", 8:09 AM PT -- A rep for Danny's family tells us, "It is with profound sorrow to report that Danny Aiello, beloved husband, father, grandfather, actor and musician passed away last night after a brief illness. [20], Aiello's singing was on display in films such as Hudson Hawk (1991), Once Around (1991), and Remedy (2005) that starred his son Ricky Aiello and Jonathan Doscher. His first acting role. HILLSDALE, N.J. Danny Aiello III, a veteran stuntman and stunt coordinator and a son of the actor Danny Aiello, died Saturday at his home in Hillsdale. Rick Aiello, the son of the late Danny Aiello, passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 65. 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Reports have said he was dealing with an infection related to an injection site and died shortly after his family left following a visit, according to TMZ. The actor Danny Aiello in 2001. he cried. A real charmer, Aiello also portrayed Lee Harvey Oswald killer Jack Ruby inRuby(1992), starred for Paul Mazursky as a flailing Hollywood director inThe Pickle(1993) and played it for laughs alongside Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis and Diane Ladd inThe Cemetery Club(1993). His family said with "profound sorrow" in a statement that he died after a short illness, reports bbc.com. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Actor Danny Aiello has died at the age of 86. A USC graduate, she joined the Los Angeles Times in 2003 and has 30 years of journalism experience in Southern California. I cant wait to get up because Im going to act., Survivors also include nephew Michael Kay, a former newspaperman and now play-by-play man for the New York Yankees. 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