Vincent: Sopranos and Goodfellas actor 🎥 'dies at 78'

Veteran American actor Frank Vincent, known for roles in the TV series The Sopranos and several Martin Scorsese films, has died at the age of 78, US media report.

He had complications during open heart surgery in a New Jersey hospital, website TMZ reports. He was born in North Adams, Massachusetts and was introduced to show business at an early age by his father, an amateur actor.

During his 41-year career, Vincent often played mafia characters, most notably in Goodfellas, in 1990, when he portrayed Billy Batts, who famously ended up beaten to death by Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito.

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