Danny Aiello Dies at 86 | THR News - video Dailymotion

He worked at Greyhound for a decade before appearing on Broadway and in 'The Purple Rose of Cairo,' 'The Cemetery Club' and a Madonna video.

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00:00Danny Aiello, the New York actor best known for his Oscar-nominated turn in Do the Right

00:04Thing and his role opposite Cher in Moonstruck, has died. He was 86. His rep told The Hollywood

00:10Reporter that the actor died Thursday night after a brief illness. Aiello didn't start

00:14acting until he was 35. His credits include The Godfather Part II, The Front, Fort Apache

00:20The Bronx, The Purple Rose of Cairo, 29th Street, Ruby, The Pickle, and The Cemetery Club.

00:25And after singing Fly Me to the Moon in the 1991 film Once Around, he wound up releasing

00:30a handful of jazz albums, including 2004's I Just Wanted to Hear the Words. The album made

00:35it to No. 9 on the Billboard Jazz Chart.

00:37I can't even hear myself.

00:40Stars have been taking to social media to remember Aiello. Do the Right Thing director Spike Lee

00:44remembered Aiello with a handful of Instagram posts. He wrote,

00:55And Cher took to Twitter to pay tribute to her late co-star. She wrote,

01:01Goodbye, dear Danny Aiello. Danny was a great actor, but a genius comedic actor. We laughed

01:06so much making Moonstruck. It was one of the happiest times in my life, and he was a part

01:10of that happy time.

01:11The moon is a little like love.

01:14Will you marry me?

01:15I will marry you. I will be your wife.

01:18For much more on Danny Aiello's life and career and more stars who are paying tribute, go

01:23to THR.com. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.