00:01We have some breaking and very sad news.
00:04Actor James Gandolfini has died.
00:06Hollywood is mourning the loss of veteran actor James Gandolfini.
00:10On June 19th, 2013, James Gandolfini died of a heart attack in Rome.
00:17Is he 51?
00:1851. So young. He's 51 years old.
00:20A famously intense character actor, he was credited with changing the very nature of television acting.
00:27He brought cinematic acting into television.
00:31His talent was unbelievable.
00:33Yeah.
00:34First appearing in films such as True Romance and Get Shorty,
00:38it was the HBO series The Sopranos that made him a household name.
00:43He was Tony Soprano.
00:46He really humanized the role of a mob boss.
00:49Tony Soprano redefined television as we'd known it.
00:52But his dedication to his craft took a deep toll on the actor.
00:56Jim went to dark places when he played dark characters.
01:03It was eight years of killing and killing and killing and killing.
01:07And rumors of addiction and excess followed him throughout his career.
01:12It was on the screen. It was also happening in his real life.
01:16His autopsy states that James Gandolfini suffered acute myocardial infarction,
01:22otherwise known as a heart attack, at the age of just 51.
01:27But to me, this statement raises as many questions as it answers.
01:31I want to investigate what might have caused him to die in this way at this relatively young age.
01:38The Sopranos
01:44The Sopranos
01:46The Sopranos
01:48The Sopranos
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