Danny Aiello dead at 86

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.tmz.com/2019/12/13/danny-aiello-dead-dies-infection-do-the-right-thing/

Veteran actor Danny Aiello -- known for his supporting roles in many acclaimed movies since the '70s -- died Thursday night ... TMZ has learned.

According to his family ... Danny passed away at a medical facility in New Jersey where he was being treated for a sudden illness. We're told he suffered an infection related to his treatment. Danny's family had come to visit him Thursday, and we're told he died shortly after they'd left that evening.

Aiello broke into movies in the early '70s by landing a small role in the Robert De Niro baseball drama, "Bang the Drum Slowly." He followed it up by playing Tony Rosato in "The Godfather: Part II" ... in which he delivered the famous line, "Michael Corleone says hello!"

Danny would go on to earn praise in several hit films in the '80s, like "Fort Apache the Bronx" with Paul Newman, "Once Upon a Time in America," "The Purple Rose of Cairo" and "Moonstruck" opposite Cher.

He gained massive critical acclaim and his first Best Supporting Oscar nomination for his role as Sal, the pizza joint owner, in Spike Lee's, "Do the Right Thing." Danny was also a singer and a Broadway actor.

Danny is survived by 4 children and his wife Sandy, to whom he was married since 1955.

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GREAT actor! Cross gently Danny...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Loved him in Moonstruck. nt

[dewsgirl]

3. Me too and kind of ridiculous, but I'll always remember him

from Madonna's Papa Don't Preach Video. RIP Danny Aiello.

[Aristus]

6. Not ridiculous at all. That was an iconic video by any standard.

I remember the so-called pro-lifers crowing about its supposed anti-abortion message, rather than acknowledging that Madonna's character had a choice, and she made one. Nothing more.

[dewsgirl]

8. Thank you.😊

[kacekwl]

16. Cosmo: I'll say no more.

Johnny: You've said nothing.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. I really liked him.

[PatrickforO]

5. Rest in peace.

[phandancer917]

7. Do the Right Thing

Still one of my favorite movies of all times and CERTAINLY my favorite that deals with the topic of Race.

Danny was wonderful in this movie -- sleep well, Sal

[sandensea]

9. He was a very vocal Republican - but you couldn't help but like him, and admire his talent certainly

[democratisphere]

10. Likely a sepsis infection from an incompetent medical facility.

[Maru Kitteh]

15. We have no freaking clue or indication as to the competence of the facility.

Sepsis happens everywhere, in every single clinical facility as well as out in the community.

Sepsis kills.

Death is something we all do. All of us. All of our stories have a chapter that leads to our end but our culture is absolutely obsessed with the notion that every end to that story, every death, is a failure. It is not.

We don't know what was going on prior to the illness, with the illness, with his general health, with his body systems, organs, respiratory system, hematology, previous infections, joint replacements, the list goes on and on and on and on - so to jump straight to "an incompetent medical facility" is ludicrously unfounded.

[democratisphere]

19. When a person goes in for a routine procedure and comes out dead from an infection,

that is medical facility incompetence. Most in the medical community are all about the money and certainly not the quality of care. That is proven by the USA's 37th ranking in the world for quality of health care. It is pathetic!

[yaesu]

11. R.I.P.

[wendyb-NC]

12. R.I.P.

[monmouth4]

13. Loved Danny, RIP sweet man. n/t

[mudstump]

14. I absolutely loved him in Moonstruck! RIP

[no_hypocrisy]

17. A really nice and regular guy. Was a patient

at the doctors' office where I worked 30+ years ago.

[paulkienitz]

18. he said he was "150 miles to the right of Ronald Reagan" but he still got along with liberals