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Sopranos actor to be buried in Episcopal church

Posted on: June 26, 2013 4:40 PM
Raised a Catholic, actor James Gandolfini's funeral service will take place in an episcopal church
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From the Daily News

Tony Soprano would not have been caught dead in a Protestant church.

But the funeral for James Gandolfini, the actor who played the mob chief in "The Sopranos," will be held 10 a.m. Thursday at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, which is Episcopalian, a church spokesman said Monday.

Why remained a mystery Monday because Gandolfini - the son of Italian immigrants - was raised Catholic.

The mobster he played was also Catholic - although Tony Soprano regularly broke the Ten Commandments, especially No. 5, which is "Thou shall not kill."

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