‘Sopranos’ Actor Bob LuPone Dead at 76

“The Sopranos” actor and broadway legend Robert “Bob” LuPone has actually passed away.

The Tony-nominated actor passed following a 3-year fight with pancreatic cancer, according to his rep.

The MCC Theater, an off-broadway area Bob established, launched a declaration, stating he “lived fearlessly and with great curiosity, good humor, a boundless passion for connection, and a whole lot of heart. We will miss him deeply and always.”

Fans of “The Sopranos” will remember his work as Dr. Bruce Cusamano — the family doctor and neighbor to Tony. He likewise starred in “Sex and the City,” “Guiding Light,” and “All My Children,” for which he got a Daytime Emmy nom.

Bob, the sibling of Patti LuPone, was born in 1946 in Brooklyn — he finished from Juilliard School in ’68 with a degree in dance. His Broadway launching was the very same year, in a production of Noel Coward’s “Sweet Potato.”

He later on was chosen for a Tony award for his operate in the initial run of “A Chorus Line” … even persuading the director to play the function of Zach after the initial cast member left the program. He got a best-featured actor Tony election for the function.

Bob is endured by his spouse Virginia, his child Orlando, his sis Patti, and his sibling, William.

He was 76.