Sorvino, also known for portraying police sergeant Phil Cerretta on TV series Law and Order, had worked in film and television for more than 50 years
"I am completely devastated. The love of my life & the most wonderful man who has ever lived is gone. I am heartbroken," his wife Dee Dee Sorvino wrote on social media.Paul Sorvino's iconic garlic slicing sceneWith his 6ft 2in stature, Sorvino had an impactful presence in his work.
A year later in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet, he was Fulgencio Capulet, patriarch of the Capulets. He also played an Italian American communist in Warren Beatty's Reds.Sorvino worked continually, with more than 170 credits and dozens of roles in recent years, including guest appearances in Godfather of Harlem, Bad Blood, Undercover Grandpa, The Goldbergs, and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.
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