The Sopranos actor Charley Scalies dies aged 84 as The Wire star passes away after Alzheimer’s battle
THE Sopranos actor Charley Scalies has died aged 84, after a battle with Alzheimer's.
Charley, who also starred in The Wire, passed away at a Pennsylvania nursing home on Thursday, his family has revealed.
His daughter, Anne Marie Scalies, revealed the news to The Hollywood Reporter.
An obituary published on Legacy.com said the actor had "passed away peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimer's".
It added that he was "best known first and foremost as a husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend".
"His wife, children, and grandchildren," it said, "will miss his stories but will keep him in their hearts forever."
The actor starred as Tony Soprano's high school football coach, Coach Molinaro, in the fifth installment of the hit show - The Test Dream.
He also appeared in 12 episodes of The Wire as Thomas "Horseface" Pakusa.
In a 2019 interview, the Philadelphian actor said of the role: "As with all the other characters I’ve been blessed to portray, Horseface lives inside of me.
"I invite him out to play as needed."
Charley also appeared in Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order.
He leaves behind his wife Angeline, five children and four grandchildren.
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