He also played Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo in over 2,000 performances of 'Jersey Boys.'
Joseph Siravo, the veteran Broadway actor and educator who played Johnny "Johnny Boy" Soprano on HBO's
The Sopranos, has died after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 66.
His friend and
The Sopranos co-star Garry Pastore confirmed Siravo's death in a post on Instagram on Sunday night. "RIP my dear friend, who fought an incredible fight. I will miss you. See you on the other side," Pastore wrote.
The BBC quoted his daughter Allegra Okarmus, who wrote on Instagram: "I was by his side when my dear father passed away this morning, peacefully, in his beloved Treehouse... I am so immensely grateful to have had him here on earth and I know that he hasn’t gone very far. He had many credits, but his favorite one by far was that of Nonno Joe."