Abe Vigoda
Abe Vigoda (February 24,1921 - January 26,2016) was an actor in both television and movie. His most well known roles are playing mobster Sal Tessio in the movies The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, and playing Detective Phil Fish on television shows Barney Miller and Fish, Fish having been a spinoff of Barney Miller.
Multiple death hoax
In 1982, People magazine said that Vigoda had died, even though he did not. Vigoda took the error with a sense of humor, even appearing in a picture where he was in a coffin, holding said magazine. Since then, the false death information, as well as the question to whether Vigoda is dead or alive, has been used as a joke sometimes on various television shows and internet websites, including abevigoda. com, a website that says if Vigoda is alive or dead.
Death
Vigoda died in his sleep under hospice care at his daughter' s home in Woodland Park, New Jersey from complications of an illness on January 26,2016 at the age of 94.
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1921 births
2016 deaths
Disease-related deaths in New Jersey
American television actors
Actors from New York City
American movie actors
American voice actors