Alex
Rocco, the veteran tough-guy character actor with the gravelly voice
best known for playing mobster and Las Vegas casino owner Moe Greene in
"The Godfather," has died. He was 79.
Rocco died Saturday, his daughter, Jennifer, announced on Facebook. No other details of his death were immediately available.
Rocco,
who studied acting with the late Leonard Nimoy, a fellow Boston-area
transplant, also was the voice of Roger Meyers Jr., the cigar-smoking
chairman of the studio behind "Itchy and Scratchy" on "The Simpsons." He
played Arthur Evans, the father of Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character, on
the stylish Starz series "Magic City."
"For those of us lucky enough to get to know Rocco, we were blessed,"
Morgan said in a statement. "He gave the best advice, told the best and
dirtiest jokes and was the first to give you a hug and kiss when it was
needed. To know Roc was to love Roc. He will be missed greatly. There is
a little less magic in the world today. Rest in peace, 'Pops.' Love and
miss you madly."
CNN
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