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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSome really nice pictures of James Gandolfini in his youth.....
James Gandolfini's early years growing up in New Jersey
Grinning with his head on the lap of a school friend as he pulls her cheek, this is James Gandolfini in his happy teenage years - when the New Jersey native was voted 'Class Flirt' and 'Best Looking'.
This larger-than-life character smiling among the pages of the Park Ridge High School yearbook in the 1970s hints at the popular actor Gandolfini would later become.
Gandolfini, who passed away suddenly on Wednesday at the age of 51, had a childhood influenced by strong working class parents from Italy - an upbringing that went on to inspire his acting career.
'I'm playing an Italian lunatic from New Jersey, and that's basically what I am,' Gandolfini, who was famed for his portrayal of Tony Soprano in HBO series 'The Sopranos', said before his death.
This larger-than-life character smiling among the pages of the Park Ridge High School yearbook in the 1970s hints at the popular actor Gandolfini would later become.
Gandolfini, who passed away suddenly on Wednesday at the age of 51, had a childhood influenced by strong working class parents from Italy - an upbringing that went on to inspire his acting career.
'I'm playing an Italian lunatic from New Jersey, and that's basically what I am,' Gandolfini, who was famed for his portrayal of Tony Soprano in HBO series 'The Sopranos', said before his death.
More pics here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345094/James-Gandolfinis-early-years-growing-New-Jersey.html
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Some really nice pictures of James Gandolfini in his youth..... (Original Post)
Little Star
Jun 2013
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BeyondGeography
(39,370 posts)1. The more you read about him the worse this gets
Painful.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)3. What's painful is I saw this posted this morning
and thought, huh, some random dude has the same name as the actor. It wasn't until I saw this posted a second time and that it stated it WAS the actor that I got it. This really bums me out!
SamKnause
(13,101 posts)2. Photos
Thanks for posting.
Great article and lots of fun photos.