Gennaro Anthony Sirico Jr. (Tony Sirico), the actor best known for his role as Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri in The Sopranos has died, aged 79.
Sirico’s manager of 25 years, Bob McGowan, told the Hollywood Reporter that Sirico had died in an assisted living facility in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, July 8, 2022, and had been living with dementia for the last couple of years.
Tony’s death was announced by his brother Robert, who wrote on Facebook;
Tony Sirico Nationality
What was Tony Sirico nationality? Sirico was an American but of Italian descent. He grew up in Brooklyn, in the East Flatbush and Bensonhurst neighborhoods.
Was Tony Sirico Italian? As mentioned earlier, Sirico was of Italian descents. This is because he was born in New York City on July 29, 1942, to a family of Italian descent.