Abe Vigoda is dead...
Actor Abe Vigoda who was best known as Phil Fish in the TV sitcom Barney Miller and Salvatore Tessio in movie The Godfather was also in dozens of movies, TV shows and Broadway productions.In 1982, People magazine mistakenly reported 60 year old Vigoda had died. For many years after he became a victim of celebrity death hoaxes, referred to as the late Abe Vigoda and often queried... is Abe Vigoda dead?
On January 26, 2016 at the age of 94, Abe Vigoda died of natural causes.
Vigoda as Sergeant Phil Fish in 1975 on the set of Barney Miller
Comments (4)
Olivia de Havilland turned 103 in July.
He was terrific in Barney Miller, which is still one of my favorite sitcoms of all time.
He also played the straight man to Conan's humor several times
We're a mite late getting the word.
He's been dead nearly 4 years.