In Do the Right Thing, Mr. Aiellos character, Sal, has owned his pizzeria in the neighborhood for 25 years and refuses to leave, even as tensions rise over the wall of fame in his restaurant that includes no photos of black celebrities. [3] For many years, Aiello publicly condemned his father, but the two reconciled in 1993, although Aiello harbored a resentment of his father's conduct. De Niro wrote, "I am very saddened to hear of Danny's passing. I've played gangsters, teachers but most of my work has been in the police area. [9] The strike was called without authorization by the parent union and he was suspended for that action. Aiello was married to his wife, Sandy, for more than 60 years. Yet Aiello soon branched out, playing small roles in the movies "Bang the Drum Slowly" and "The Godfather, Part II," and as the bartender lead in a musical play "Lamppost Reunion." CNN . Danny Aiello, the actor from Spike Lee 's Do the Right Thing and Norman Jewison's Moonstruck, died on Thursday night after a reported sudden illness. By Anita Gates. Danny also appeared in Madonna's music video for Papa Don't Preach. In addition to the initial issue, he was battling an infection related to his treatment. Aiello played Biggie, a pop singer from Hoboken, New Jersey, in La RussosLampost Reunion, and he and it went fromconverted churchesto Broadway in 1975, when it earned a Tony nomination for best play and the actor a Theatre World award. I see things in total form. Many of his fans never knew that he had begun his acting career on the New York stage, appearing in seven Broadway productions in 11 years. Just Found Out My Brother DANNY AIELLO Made His Transition Last Night. The actor married Sandy Cohen in 1955. He is survived by his three children, and wife Sandy, whom he has stayed with since 1955. A son, stuntman Danny Aiello III, died of pancreatic cancer at age 53 in 2010. 8:09 AM PT -- A rep for Danny's family tells us, "It is with profound sorrow to report that Danny Aiello, beloved husband, father, grandfather, actor and musician passed away last night after a . His father, whose occupational experience included driving trucks for the bootlegger Dutch Schultz and who served time in prison, was largely absent. In a documentary on the making of Do the Right Thing, Aiello said that he based his character of Sal on a candy shop owner he knew growing up along Arthur Avenue in The Bronx. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Danny was born in the Bronx, NY on January 27, 1957 to Danny and Sandra Aiello. Aiello wed Sandy Cohen in 1955, and the couple has three living children. 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Although Aiello only briefly appears in "The Godfather Part II," his ad-libbed line "Michael Corleone says hello!" HOLLYWOOD actor Danny Aiello has died at the age of 86. ", Recognizable, if not famous, for his burly build and husky voice, he was an ex-union president who broke into acting in his 30s and remained a dependable player for decades, whether vicious or cuddly or some of each. Aiello was a regular commentator on politics and described himself as a conservative. After serving for three years, he returned to New York City and did various jobs in order to support himself and, later, his family. Making #Moonstruck ..It was one of the happiest times in my life,& He Was apart of that Happy time. It was the last time they were together. According to his family Danny passed away at a medical facility in New Jersey where he was being treated for a sudden illness. Danny Aiello, the acclaimed actor who rose to prominence with roles in "The Godfather Part II" and "Do The Right Thing," has passed away at 86 years old. "During the early times in my acting career, I would fight at the drop of a hat," he said in 1985. The movie he always said he was most fond of was the New York-set29th Street(1991), in which Anthony LaPaglia played his son. Danny Aiello III's father, Danny Aiello, died on December 12, 2019 as he was 86 years old. [22], Aiello appeared on the Broadway stage many times throughout the 1970s and 1980s. And theyre not. See you in Heaven, Danny. me . The family asks for privacy at this time, Tracey Miller said in a statement. He played Tony in the movie Leon and also starred alongside Cher in Moonstruck. Kay went on to describe Aiello as an enthusiastic Yankees fan and that the pair had running text message conversations during games. Junior was a wage earner from the age of 9 first shining shoes at Grand Central Terminal during World War II (10 cents for regular shoes, 25 cents for combat boots), then delivering magazines and laundry and, by his own admission, running numbers for the local mob. But when Greyhound accused him of starting a wildcat strike and the union leaders agreed, Aiello quit his job. Updated Dec 4, 2022 at 11:24am. "[34], Aiello's funeral was held on December 19, 2019, at the Riverside Memorial Chapel on the Upper West Side. His death was confirmed by Jennifer De Chiara, his literary agent, in an email. Share this article: Share this: His father, a laborer, left the family of seven children, and Daniel started working at age 9 selling newspapers, working in a . Still, the experience made him feel for the first time that he belonged as an actor. Aiello suffered from eczema as a child and wore gloves in school and to bed so he wouldnt bleed from scratching. Academy Award nominee Danny Aiello has died at the age of 86. After that, he had various blue-collar jobs around New York until breaking into acting. May You Rest In PARADISE., 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Mark Sheehan, guitarist of the Script, dead at 46, Al Jaffee dead at 102: Mad magazine cartoonist created popular Fold-In, Emmy winner and As The World Turns star dead at 89. "It was no big deal; it was just 'Danny, go up and announce the acts,'" he recalled in 1997. The reason they reacted positively to it was because Spike Lee made a beautiful film. He added, I am the Jackie Robinson of the black films.. [35] Director Spike Lee and actor John Turturro gave eulogies. A fourth son, stuntman and stunt coordinator Danny Aiello III, died in May 2010 of pancreatic cancer. He'd worked alongside his father in "Do The Right Thing" as his dad's on-camera stunt double. [31] Another son Rick, who was also an actor, died in 2021 of the same disease. He was 53. The ebullient Aiello became a favorite of several directors, among them Woody Allen, who used him in the Broadway play "The Floating Light Globe" and the movies "Broadway Danny Rose," "The Purple Rose of Cairo" and "Radio Days." [30] He was the father of stuntman and actor Danny Aiello III, who died in 2010 of pancreatic cancer. Never from people; it was always going into places with vending machines, cigarette machines. Me . We're told he suffered an infection related to his treatment. He took a crack at starring in a TV series, playing a cop-turned-private eye, but CBSDellaventuralasted just 14 episodes in 1997-98. Birthday: June 20, 1933. [13], Aiello had a co-lead role with Jan-Michael Vincent in Defiance (1980), about some Manhattan residents who fight back against the thugs terrorizing the neighborhood. Born on June 20, 1933, Danny was the fifth of six children to a seamstress mum and labourer dad. The play was directed by Stanley Donen and opened off-broadway at the Variety Arts Theatre. Danny Aiello was born on June 20, 1933 in Manhattan, New York, USA, to parents Daniel Louis Aiello, Sr. and Frances. Danny was a Great Actor, But a Genius Comedic Actor. Refresh for updates News of the death of Danny Aiello rippled across social media on Friday morning as friends, co-stars, peers and admirers of the 86-year-old character actor shared their t [10], He was also a bouncer at the legendary New York City comedy club, The Improv. Aiello died Thursday at the age of 86. Danny Aiello was a prolific character actor best known for his role as pizzeria owner Sal Frangione in Spike Lee's 1989 film "Do the Right Thing.". The Bronx . Prior to Aiello taking the role, director Spike Lee had wanted Robert DeNiro for the part. Danny Aiello pictured in February 2004. His father was absent more times than he was there It seems he would come home once a year and my mother would have another child, he toldThe New York Timesin 1990 and his family needed welfare checks to make ends meet. 3:43 PM PT -- Robert De Niro, a longtime friend of Aiello's, tells us, "I am very saddened to hear of Danny's passing. Aiello is survived by his wife, Sandy Cohen and their four children. Reports have said he was dealing with an infection related to an injection site and died shortly after his family left following a visit, according to TMZ. USA TODAY. "I was very hungry. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. The Godfather Part Two: Frank Pentangelli And The Rosato Brothers (Movie Clip), Danny Aiello on His Famous Scene in Godfather II (Dec. 23, 2014) | Charlie Rose, Who wrote Tony Rosato's famous line, Michael Corleone says hello? Actor Danny Aiello tells the story of his day on the set with Francis Ford Coppola in an interview with Charlie Rose. I've seen it and experienced it. I have known him for almost 50 years. Actor Danny Aiellos son Rick has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Early life. [32], Aiello died on December 12, 2019, at age 86, at a hospital in New Jersey, following a brief illness. [20], Aiello's singing was on display in films such as Hudson Hawk (1991), Once Around (1991), and Remedy (2005) that starred his son Ricky Aiello and Jonathan Doscher. He was 63. His other survivors include two sons, Rick and Jaime; a daughter, Stacey; and 10 grandchildren. At the time of Dannys death, Lee, 64, shared a tribute to him on social media. Aiello's role in Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" landed him a 1989 Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In "Fort Apache, the Bronx," when you can't see Danny, it's his son throwing the punches. It hurts me that he didnt paint me on one of his canvases, he said in a 2017 interview. Lets see. The great actor/singer speaks out on the 9/11 trials in NYC. In 2019 he could be seen in Making A Deal With The Devil and The Last Big Save. "I've seen people killed, knifed. Date of Death: December 12, 2019. Aiello died at a New Jersey medical facility while undergoing treatment for a sudden illness, TMZ reports. The two had starred in Norman Jewison's hit comedy "Moonstruck" and she called it "one of the happiest times in my life." His memoir,I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else, was published in 2014. Spike said that the American public knew that we were telling the truth. In honor of Danny Aiello's incredible life we look back on his career, achievements, family and death. Ralph Gatti/Agence France-Presse Getty Images. Singing had been his first love, and hed just recorded an album. [14], He was paired with De Niro again for the Sergio Leone gangster epic, Once Upon a Time in America (1984), as a police chief whose name was also "Aiello." Danny Aiello, a prolific actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as pizzeria owner Sal in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing," has died, a family representative confirmed Friday to CNN. . Aiello arrives at the New York premiere of Cavu Pictures The Holy Land at the Peter Norton Symphony Space July 8, 2003 in New York City. He released several albums featuring a big-band including I Just Wanted to Hear The Words (2004), Live from Atlantic City (2008), and My Christmas Song for You (2010). He was 86. Mr. Aiello never studied acting and was often described by critics as a natural a description, he said in a 2015 NPR interview, that he considered some sort of insult., To me, he said, it meant I was unlearned., In a 1990 interview with The New York Times Magazine, he appeared to dismiss Method techniques and preparation. He won the role after establishing himself as a memorable character actor in films like Moonstruck (1987), in which he played Chers kind but clueless fianc; Fort Apache: The Bronx (1981), as a ruthless police officer who throws a young man off a rooftop; Sergio Leones Once Upon a Time in America (1984), also as a police officer; and three films involving Woody Allen. See you in Heaven, Danny. On the set of Robert AltmansReady to Wear(1994), Aiello saidGo fuck yourselftoLauren Bacall after she told him to shut up while he was practicing his lines. Find where to watch Danny Aiello's latest movies and tv shows Lee stated, "We recognized our differences, political or whatever else you want to talk about it, but we truly loved each other."[35]. [7][8], In the 1960s, Aiello served as president of New York Local 1202 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, representing Greyhound Bus workers. Aiello, the fifth of six children, was born on West 68th Street, Manhattan, the son of parents Frances Pietrocova, a seamstress from Naples, Italy, and Daniel Louis Aiello, a laborer who deserted the family after his wife lost her eyesight and became legally blind. / CBS/AP. Danny Aiello, the veteran character actor known for his Oscar-nominated supporting turn in Spike Lees Do the Right Thing, died Thursday night in New Jersey. Aiellos death was confirmed by his publicist on Friday. In 1990 he was nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar for his role in Do The Right Thing. Im Broken. Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was born June 20, 1933, to Italian parents. Critic Ben Brantley of The New York Times, described the play as an "often very funny, but overstretched comedy sketch". Thats how I used to do it. Aiello played nightclub owner and Lee Harvey Oswald assassin Jack Ruby in the biopic Ruby (1992), the lead role in Paul Mazursky's film business satire The Pickle (1993), the titular character in the Academy Award-winning short film Lieberman in Love (1995), and a political big shot with mob ties in City Hall (1996), starring Al Pacino. Born on June 20, 1933, Danny was the fifth of six children to a seamstress mum and labourer dad. We laughed so much making #Moonstruck. At the age of 16 he lied about his age in order to join the US Army. Mini Bio (1) Danny Aiello was an American actor of Italian descent, and enjoyed a lengthy career in film. 2019 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Aiello's . His roles included the macho South Philadelphia father in the hit comedy Gemini (1977), for which he had already won an Obie Award for the plays Off Broadway run; a violent tough guy in Hurlyburly, in which he replaced Harvey Keitel in 1985; and a Hollywood director clinging to his past in The House of Blue Leaves (1986). "Ricky was a wonderful father, husband and a good friend to so many people," his wife, Arlene Urichich, said in the statement. In 1977, he originated the role of Fran Geminiani in the long-running play Gemini. In a tweet, Cher mourned the man she called "a genius comedic actor." He also played Madonna's father in the 1986 video for Papa Don't . The two played newly . 1. Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was born on June 20, 1933, in Manhattan, the sixth of seven children of Daniel and Frances (Pietrocova) Aiello. . A service for the popular actor is set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Riverside Memorial Chapel at 180 W. 76th St. in Manhattan. Aiello had drawn a diagram for a reporter of how to build his favorite boyhood weapon, and then he flashed a scar he got from one when he was 13. Fingerhut remembers Aiello also played the role of Domenico Clericuzio in Mario Puzos The Last Don. Aiello wrote in his 2014 book, I Only Know Who I Am When Im Somebody Else, that people often come up to him and repeat his famous line, Michael Corleone says hello, while asking for autographs. . Danny Aiello, a veteran stage and film actor remembered for his roles in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing," Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo" and dozens of other movies, died at age 86, his . [14] His nephew is Michael Kay, broadcaster for the New York Yankees. 0:00. [11] In the mid-1980s, he was a nightly regular at Caf Central, a bistro frequented by celebrities on 79th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, in Manhattan, and at an eatery named Columbus restaurant on 66th Street and Columbus Avenue. Death. Aiello was born in Manhattan, New York City on June 20, 1933. In June of this year, Aiello and Lee reunited at a 30th anniversary celebration of the film in Brooklyn. The star passed away shortly after his family left his bedside at a New Jersey hospital on December 12, 2019. Getty(from Left), Aiello, Robert de Niro and Italian film director Sergio Leone arrive for the screening of the film Once upon a time in America (Il tait une fois en Amrique), on May 20, 1984 during the Cannes International Film Festival. He kept coming to places where I was, seeing me in a restaurant, taking me to a ballgame, taking me to a Knick game. Danny, from Manhattan, New York, was known for his roles in Do The Right Thing and The Godfather Part II. (When ABCsNaked Citycame there for an episode in 1963, actor Frank Gorshin told Aiello to bump into him so he would show up on TV.). Danny Aiello, a prolific actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as pizzeria owner Sal in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing," has died, a family representative confirmed Friday to CNN. Danny Aiello, the Oscar-nominated star of Do the Right Thing, has died at the age 86. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Actor Danny Aiello has died at the age of 86. HILLSDALE, N.J. Danny Aiello III, a veteran stuntman and stunt coordinator and a son of the actor Danny Aiello, died Saturday at his home in Hillsdale. He was 63. In 2016, Newsmax named Aiello as one of the 50 most influential conservatives in Hollywood. during a hit on rival gangster Frank Pentangeli (Michael V. I dont just see it from the actors point of view, he told The Times in 1993. [24], In the mid 1980s, Aiello starred in a replacement cast version of Hurlyburly (1984) alongside Christine Baranski, Frank Langella, Ron Silver, and Candice Bergen. He was 86. Danny Aiello 1933 - 2019. at the Improv, singing backup for unknowns like Bette Midler and the comedian Robert Klein and doing late-late-night readings from The Godfather (the book, that is; the movie hadnt been made yet). Updated on: December 13, 2019 / 4:42 PM 1. He dropped out of high school before graduating, got married in 1955 and joined the Army. 0:34. At 71, the performer found himself on stage again, this time as a solo vocalist. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Danny Aiello and his wife Sandy Cohen were married for 64 years before his death at 86 years old, but the secret to their lasting bond may come as a . He was 65. Aiello said, Ive been so many damn things. Lee had first offered the role to Robert De Niro, but Aiello's performance brought him an Oscar nomination for supporting actor. Actor Danny Aiello's son Rick has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. In one, in which Mr. Allen starred, Mr. Aiello was cast as a bookie in the 1950s blacklist drama The Front (1976).
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