Gandolfini, Aktor Sopranos Meninggal Dunia di Usia 51
Sopranos Actor, Gandolfini Dies Aged 51
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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BINTANG serial tivi Sopranos, James Gandolfini wafat di Roma kemarin (Rabu), diduga akibat serangan jantung.
Laporan media lokal mengatakan bintang itu jatuh di kamar mandi sebuah hotel saat makan malam dengan anaknya yang berusia remaja dan adiknya.
Aktor 51 tahun, yang terkenal melalui perannya sebagai bos mafia Tony Soprano, berada di Italia untuk liburan pada 'liburan 'guys holiday' dengan Michael, putranya yang berusia 13 tahun, dari pernikahan pertamanya, dengan Marcy Wudarski.
Dia dijadwalkan menghadiri Festival Film Taormina di Sisilia.
Keluarga menikmati liburan di kota tersebut sebelum adiknya menemukannya di lantai dan memanggil ambulans, menurut asistennya, Tom Richardson, seperti dilansir The Sun.
Mike Sullivan, teman dekat Gandolfini, mengatakan: "Ketika mereka kembali ke hotel, Jimmy pergi ke toilet. Dan sesuatu terjadi di sana..
"Kakaknya mengatakan ia masih hidup ketika mereka membawanya di ambulans dalam perjalanan ke rumah sakit."
Para pejabat rumah sakit mengkonfirmasi sang aktor meninggal akibat serangan jantung.
Dr Claudio Modini, kepala ruang gawat darurat di Poliklinik Umberto I, mengatakan Gandolfini tiba di rumah sakit pada Rabu pukul 22:10 waktu setempat dan dinyatakan meninggal pada 23:00 setelah dilakukan selama 40 menit upaya untuk memulihkan kesadarannya sejak di ambulans hingga ke rumah sakit.
Claudio mengatakan: "James Gandolfini tiba di ruang gawat darurat departemen darurat Poliklinik Rumah Sakit Umberto I akibat serangan jantung dengan layanan ambulans 118."
"Dia berada pada kondisi gawat darurat."
"Mereka sudah mencoba untuk memulihkan kesadarannya padanya. Upaya berlangsung selama 40 menit, melaluiserangkaian upaya untuk membuat jantungnya berdetak kembali menggunakan aktivitas listrik.
"Dia meninggal pada pukul 23:00."
Dia menegaskan autopsi akan dilakukan mulai 24 jam setelah kematian, seperti yang dipersyaratkan oleh hukum.
Gandolfini, aktor kelahiran New Jersey telah merencanakan sebuah acara baru untuk jaringan tivi kabel, HBO AS, yang membuat The Sopranos.
Istri keduanya, Deborah Lin memberinya dua anak pada tahun lalu. Mereka menikah di Hawaii pada 2008.
Penghormatan terus mengalir hingga tadi malam kepada bintang yang banyak digemari penonton. Aktor pendukung Sopranos, Joseph R. Gannascoli - yang memerankan karakter Spatafore Vito - mengatakan: "Dia adalah aktor yang paling rendah hati dan berbakat dari banyak orang yang bekerja dengan saya selama ini."
"Dia adalah orang besar dan saya akan selamanya berhutang budi kepadanya."
Pembawa acara TV veteran Larry King dan teman-teman lain mengatakan mereka melihat ada tanda-tanda masalah kesehatan. Larry, yang bersamanya belum lama ini di Las Vegas, mengatakan: "Dia sangat ramah - hanya orang biasa. Sosok yang lembut, dan menyenangkan orang.
"Dia menikmati makan. Dia tidak malu-malu menyantap habis hidangan di meja. "
Aktor pemenang Emmy yang disukai banyak penonton ini telah memainkan pembunuh bayaran di film True Romance dan baru-baru membintangi mantan Menteri Pertahanan AS Leon Panetta dalam film nominasi Oscar, Zero Dark Thirty.
SOPRANOS star James Gandolfini died in Rome yesterday of a suspected heart attack.
Reports say the star collapsed in the bathroom of a hotel during dinner with his teenage son and his sister.
The 51-year-old actor, who became a household name as mafia boss Tony Soprano, was in Italy on a 'guys holiday' with 13-year-old Michael, from his first marriage, to Marcy Wudarski.
He was scheduled to attend the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily.
The family had enjoyed a day out in the city before his sister found him on the floor and called an ambulance, according to his assistant Tom Richardson.
Mike Sullivan, a close friend of Gandolfini's, said: "When they got back to the hotel, Jimmy went to use the restroom. And something happened in there.
"His sister said he was alive when they took him out in the ambulance on the way to the hospital."
Hospital officials comfirmed the actor died after suffering cardiac arrest.
Dr. Claudio Modini, head of the emergency room at the Policlinic Umberto I hospital, said Gandolfini arrived at the hospital at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday and was pronounced dead at 11 p.m. after 40 efforts to revive him in the ambulance and hospital failed.
Claudio said: "James Gandolfini arrived at the emergency room of the emergency department of Polyclinic Umberto I University Hospital in a cardiac arrest accompanied by the ambulance of the 118 service."
"He was a code red (when he arrived).
"They were already trying to reanimate him. The efforts continued for 40 minutes, a series of attempts to make his heart start using electric activity.
"He died at 23:00."
He confirmed an autopsy would be performed starting 24 hours after the death, as required by law.
New Jersey-born Gandolfini had been planning a new show for US cable network HBO, which made The Sopranos.
His second wife Deborah Lin gave birth to the couple’s daughter just last year. They married in Hawaii in 2008.
Tributes were pouring in for the much-loved star last night. Sopranos co-star Joseph R. Gannascoli — who played Vito Spatafore — said: “He was the most humble and gifted actor and person I have worked with.
“He was a great man and I will forever be indebted to him.”
Veteran TV host Larry King and other friends said they saw no signs of any health problems. Larry, who was with him recently in Las Vegas, said: “He was extremely friendly — just a regular guy. He was a gentle, fun person.
“He did enjoy eating. He was not shy at the table.”
The Emmy-winning actor won fans playing a hitman in the movie True Romance and recently starred as former US defence secretary Leon Panetta in the Oscar-nominated flick Zero Dark Thirty.
