“He was 94 and not a citizen of Twitter, but younger stars who prevail on social media paid tribute to Abe Vigoda Tuesday after news spread that the unforgettable character actor had died.
“Vigoda’s daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, told The Associated Press that Vigoda died Tuesday morning in his sleep at Fuchs’ home in Woodland Park, N.J. The cause of death was old age.
“”This man was never sick,” Fuchs said.
“With his sunken eyes, long face and doleful expression, Vigoda never looked especially chipper.
“But professionally he had the face suited for playing aging sad-sack detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV comedy Barney Miller and the doomed Mafia soldier, Sal Tessio, in The Godfather.
“Those are the characters that mourners on Twitter remembered.”
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