Tony Sirico Star of “The Sopranos” Dies at 79
Variety has confirmed that Tony Sirico, who was best known for his role as mobster Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts,” Gualtieri, died Friday. He was 79 years old. Virco’s Paulie Walnuts was a bombastic, ferociously funny, foot soldier to James Gandolfini’s Tony Soprano. He had one-liners like none other and was a “Sopranos” scene-stealer right from …