Danny Aiello III was a veteran stuntman and stunt coordinator, and an accomplished producer and director with over twenty-five years of experience in the film industry. Rick's brother, Danny Aiello III, also . Aiello and his wife, Sandy, lived in Ramsey, New Jersey. [20], Aiello's singing was on display in films such as Hudson Hawk (1991), Once Around (1991), and Remedy (2005) that starred his son Ricky Aiello and Jonathan Doscher. You got me making pizzas, flipping them in the air, thats a very ginzo thing, he told the writer-director. The ambitious Aiello rose to become president of the transit union. DANNY AIELLO OBITUARY. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. Rick died Monday evening at a hospital in Warwick, New Jersey, she said, where he was surrounded by friends and family during his final hours. Mr. Aiello, left, with Robert De Niro and the director Sergio Leone at a screening of Once Upon a Time in America" in 1984. He gained recognition as the befuddled fianc of Cher opposite her Oscar-winning performance in the romantic comedy Moonstruck (1987), and made a comic appearance in drag for the Robert Altman fashion-industry film Prt--Porter (1994). May You Rest In PARADISE, Lee said in one of a number of tribute posts Friday morning. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Dec. 13, 2019. "I've seen people killed, knifed. But what I say to you is Im hearing them saying things like for the little man, and for the unions. Then, of course, you see movies being sent from Hollywood and everywhere else to places like Canada and right-to-work states, like North Carolina, where there is no union intervention, and they can get a movie done for half the price. He was 86. Danny Aiello was an American actor of Italian descent, and enjoyed a lengthy career in film. Two sons followed their father into the industry: Rick as an actor and Danny as a stuntman and stunt coordinator. At the age of 16 he lied about his age in order to join the US Army. Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was born June 20, 1933, to Italian parents. The ebullient Aiello became a favorite of several directors, among them Woody Allen, who used him in the Broadway play "The Floating Light Globe" and the movies "Broadway Danny Rose," "The Purple Rose of Cairo" and "Radio Days." Danny, We Made Cinema History Together With DO THE RIGHT THING. I see things in total form. Daniel Louis Aiello III (January 27, 1957 - May 1, 2010) was an American stunt performer, stunt coordinator, director, and actor in film and television. His sister Stacey confirmed the news of her brother's death. He had apparently been . I am sad. Flipboard. According to his family Danny passed away at a medical facility in New Jersey where he was being treated for a sudden illness. 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Aiello said that he was involved in running a numbers game for local mafia figures. Education One of his earliest roles came as a ballplayer in the baseball drama, Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), with Robert De Niro. Danny, We Made Cinema History Together With DO THE RIGHT THING. He also starred on the small screen in TV shows such as The Last Don, Dellaventura and Lady Blue. He received considerable acclaim for playing a racist New York City cop in Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981) with Paul Newman. I have known him for almost 50 years. The play was directed by Stanley Donen and opened off-broadway at the Variety Arts Theatre. Danny, from Manhattan, New York, was known for his roles in Do The Right Thing and The Godfather Part II. The two had starred in "Moonstruck . Aiello died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 after a brief . In 1990 he was nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar for his role in Do The Right Thing. Birthday: June 20, 1933. But he never stopped. He is survived by his three children, and wife Sandy, whom he has stayed with since 1955. In 2019 he could be seen in Making A Deal With The Devil and The Last Big Save. The star passed away shortly after his family left his bedside at a New Jersey hospital on December 12, 2019. [24], In the mid 1980s, Aiello starred in a replacement cast version of Hurlyburly (1984) alongside Christine Baranski, Frank Langella, Ron Silver, and Candice Bergen. "The family asks for privacy at this time," she said in a statement. Danny's family had come to visit him Thursday, and we're told he died shortly after they'd left that evening. He also appeared in TV miniseries, including "The Last Don," "A Woman Named Jackie" and in the 1985-86 police series "Lady Blue.". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Aiello arrives at the New York premiere of Cavu Pictures The Holy Land at the Peter Norton Symphony Space July 8, 2003 in New York City. The role was initially written for De Niro, Aiello said, but when he couldnt do it, I believe he recommended me., Lee, who directed the film, played Mookie, a pizzeria employee. Siblings . Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was born June 20, 1933, to Italian parents. I have emotional recall when I work; the idea is simply to recreate it. Sheehan formed the band with frontman Danny O'Donoghue and drummer Glen Power in 2001. Danny Aiello and His Two Sons died back to back adding to the pattern of Three as in Three Fates. ", 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Danny Aiello at the Cannes International film festival, Danny Aeillo and Madonna in her Papa Don't Preach video in 1986. Who was Danny Aiello and what was his cause of death? He also has a role in The Black Caesar as Vito Lanza, due to be released in 2020. If there were obstacles, I tried to remove them." drama. . Oscar-nominated actor Danny Aiello, known for roles in movies like "Moonstruck," "Do The Right Thing" and "The Godfather Part II," has died at the age of 86, according to his literary . Danny Aiello, who played the leading man decades of movies and TV, died. He studied at James Monroe High School. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Actor Danny Aiello has died at the age of 86. Aiello (pronounced eye-YEL-o) died Thursday night after a brief illness, said his publicist, Tracey Miller, who runs Tracey Miller & Associates. In his teenage years, he joined a street gang and, he claimed, engaged in burglary and safe-cracking. He took a crack at starring in a TV series, playing a cop-turned-private eye, but CBSDellaventuralasted just 14 episodes in 1997-98. Actor: Do the Right Thing. 1. One of his first films was in Robert De Niro's movie Bang The Drum Slowly. Danny Aiello was born on June 20, 1933 in Manhattan, New York, USA, to parents Daniel Louis Aiello, Sr. and Frances. 0:00. By Anita Gates. The star passed away shortly after his family left his bedside at a New Jersey hospital on December 12, 2019. Aiello suffered from eczema as a child and wore gloves in school and to bed so he wouldnt bleed from scratching. He was 63. Aiellos son, Rick, also appears in the movie as a cop who is involving in the killing of Radio Raheem at the films climax. Danny Aiello has died at the age of 86. The actor, best known for his role as . Never from people; it was always going into places with vending machines, cigarette machines. Christie DZurilla covers breaking entertainment news. We laughed so much. Danny Aiello, the New York actor and former Greyhound bus employee best known for his Oscar-nominated turn as Sal the pizza-joint owner inDo the Right Thingand for portraying Chers lovelorn suitor inMoonstruck, has died. Their father, Danny Aiello, passed away in 2019 at the age of 86 after a short illness. It was the last time they were together. His other survivors include two sons, Rick and Jaime; a daughter, Stacey; and 10 grandchildren. 1. [14] His nephew is Michael Kay, broadcaster for the New York Yankees. The Bronx-born Aiello had scores of credits as a stunt coordinator, including the TV firefighter . A son, stuntman Danny Aiello III, died of pancreatic cancer at age 53 in 2010. Aiello went on to write a crucial scene he shared with John Turturro ten minutes prior to its production. The Bronx . No other details were provided. Doing occasional work for an uncle unloading trucks at the Coliseum convention center on Columbus Circle, he wandered into an amateur softball group, the Broadway Show League, just across the way in Central Park. He started his onscreen career with Italian American sagas like "The Godfather: Part II" and "Once Upon A Time In America . I was terrified.". Seen with his father Danny Aiello in 2008 in NYC. 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Danny Aiello the Oscar-nominated character actor who featured in films like Do the Right Thing, Moonstruck, and The Purple Rose of Cairo has died at the age of 86. Aiello is . He also is survived by three children, Rick, Jamie and Stacy, and 10 grandchildren. TMZ reported that he had been battling with the illness for over a year and a half. [26], In July 2011, Aiello appeared Off-Broadway in the two-act drama The Shoemaker, written by Susan Charlotte and directed by Antony Marsellis. A memorial service that is open to the public will be held at New York Citys Riverside Memorial Chapel on Dec. 19. He played Tony in the movie Leon and also starred alongside Cher in Moonstruck. I was married with a family to feed.. Danny Aiello, the Oscar-nominated star of Do the Right Thing, has died at the age 86. Born on June 20, 1933, Danny was the fifth of six children to a seamstress mum and labourer dad. 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Aiello' The Obie, incidentally, came in 1977 for his off-Broadway performance in the play Gemini, and the Daytime Emmy for an ABC Afterschool Special. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. He is survived by his three children, and wife Sandy, whom he has stayed with since 1955. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. May You Rest In PARADISE.. [23], In 1981, Aiello starred in Woody Allen's play The Floating Light Bulb alongside Beatrice Arthur. The movie he always said he was most fond of was the New York-set29th Street(1991), in which Anthony LaPaglia played his son. 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Aiello, the fifth of six children, was born on West 68th Street, Manhattan, the son of parents Frances Pietrocova, a seamstress from Naples, Italy, and Daniel Louis Aiello, a laborer who deserted the family after his wife lost her eyesight and became legally blind. His surviving children are Jaime, and Stacey Aiello. Academy Award nominee Danny Aiello has died at the age of 86. Mark Sheehan, guitarist with Irish pop band the Script, has died in hospital aged 46 after a brief illness. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. He dropped out of high school to join the Army in 1951 and was based in Germany during the Korean War. Family Members. It hurts me that he didnt paint me on one of his canvases, he said in a 2017 interview. [6] He moved to the South Bronx when he was seven, and later attended James Monroe High School. Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was born on June 20, 1933, in Manhattan, the sixth of seven children of Daniel and Frances (Pietrocova) Aiello. 0:00. 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