![]() ![]() Other standout performances included The World According To Garp, Moscow On The Hudson, Hook, Patch Adams, and Jumanji. An Academy Award for 1997’s Good Will Hunting and Oscar nominations for The Fisher King, Dead Poets Society and Good Morning, Vietnam. We are working on a tribute of this remarkable and iconic star of everything from Mork And Mindy to Aladdin to Mrs. In 2011, he was candid in a TV interview with Charlie Rose, saying, “You can be the most brilliant guy in the world and still be upset, not handling life well.” Where to begin, when such an electric talent takes his life? Williams’ improvisational skills were unsurpassed, but he has talked about his struggles with depression. As he is remembered, it is our hope the focus will not be on Robin’s death, but on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions.” On behalf of Robin’s family, we are asking for privacy during our time of profound grief. His wife, Susan Schneider, also issued this statement: “This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. Related: Reactions To Robin Williams Death The family respectfully asks for their privacy as they grieve during this very difficult time.” He has been battling severe depression of late. His death has been confirmed by his press reps, who issued this statement: “ Robin Williams passed away this morning. One of the great screen and stand-up comedians, Williams was 63. I wish he did.In an absolutely heartbreaking development, Robin Williams has committed suicide. If he wanted to reach out to people, we were right in front of him. “There couldn’t have been a more supportive and friendly group. “He didn’t seem like the kind of guy who would reach out,” Neu said. But when Neu and the director gently quizzed Costelloe about what was bothering him, the actor didn’t open up. Neu said Costelloe’s timing was off in his final shows. “This part he had, I really wrote it for him,” said “Gang of Seven” playwright Jim Neu, who cast Costelloe as a fast-talking hustler. Buscemi and Costelloe were friends dating back to their pre-acting days in the FDNY.Ĭostelloe killed himself in the middle of a run in the off-off-Broadway ensemble play “Gang of Seven,” which had received sterling reviews – including two printed the day after he died. ![]() “Sopranos” actors Steve Buscemi and Gannascoli attended the wake and funeral. 109 and 110 in Brooklyn before retiring in 1998.Ĭostelloe’s loved ones said goodbye to him Tuesday during a funeral Mass at St. In real life, Costelloe worked 11 years at Ladder Cos. I enjoyed all the time I ever spent with him.” ![]() “I never detected anything troubling about him. “I was shocked when I heard, and it still hasn’t really sunk in,” Gannascoli told the Post. In the show, Vito became attracted to Johnny Cakes once he learned the short-order cook was a volunteer firefighter, before being whacked by his homophobic rivals. “Sopranos” writers seemed to take a page from Costelloe’s firefighting past and included it in the storyline. While on the run in New Hampshire, Vito met Witowski, whose specialty was Johnny cakes, a cornmeal pancake. In the hit HBO series, actor Joseph Gannascoli – a longtime friend of Costelloe’s – played mobster and closeted homosexual Vito Spatafore, who fled New Jersey after he was outed. “I saw him three weeks ago when he stopped by, and he seemed to be in good spirits.”Ĭostelloe had a crucial four-episode arc on “The Sopranos” in 2006, playing short-order cook Jim “Johnny Cakes” Witowski. Everyone’s completely in shock,” said Dwyer, 37, at Ladder 110 in Brooklyn. This is too much for me to handle right now,” the actor’s dad, Michael Costelloe, 77, said yesterday.įirefighter and former colleague Matt Dwyer couldn’t believe his friend was gone. The front door to John Costelloe’s Sunset Park home was still sealed with police stickers yesterday, more than a week after the rugged 47-year-old actor committed suicide.Ĭostelloe, a former FDNY firefighter, shot himself in the head in his basement bedroom on Dec. The Brooklyn actor who played Johnny Cakes – the gay-fireman lover of a mob capo on “The Sopranos” – killed himself in a holiday tragedy that has stunned family and friends. ![]()
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