Hollywood goodfella: The ‘Sopranos’ and ‘The Godfather actor Tony Lip Dead

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The 'Sopranos' and 'The Godfather actor Tony Lip Dead Jan 6th 2013, 05:35 Actor Tony Lip, whose real name is Frank Anthony Vallelonga, has died at age 82. He is pictured here in the role of Carmine Lupertazzi in ‘The Sopranos. By Evonne Coutros, staff writer PARAMUS– Actor Tony Lip, known for his mob roles on television's The Sopranos" , and in films "Donnie Brasco," "Goodfellas" and "The Godfather," died Friday at a hospital in Teaneck, the family said. The Paramus resident, who was 82, had been in poor health for several years. Lip, born in Beaver Falls, Pa., and whose real name is Frank Anthony Vallelonga, was raised in the Bronx, where his parents, Nicholas and Nazarena moved when their son was a few weeks old. Life on 215th Street in the Bronx was "interesting," Lip would often say – especially since his parents moved in to a neighborhood near late mob boss John Gotti's boyhood home Years before Lip rose to prominence as mob kingpin Carmine Lupertazzi in the HBO cable show "The Sopranos," the actor worked in the 1960s at the famed Copacabana nightclub in Manhattan. He rose to general manager, rubbing shoulders with singers from Bobby Darin to Nat King Cole Read Rest on NorthJeresey.com Media files: af11 Actor Tony Lip, whose real name is Frank Anthony Vallelonga, has died at age 82. He is pictured here in the role of Carmine Lupertazzi in 'The Sopranos.

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