'Sopranos' Star James Gandolfini Dead At 51

James Gandolfini best known for his role as an anxiety-ridden mob boss, Tony Saprano, on HBO's "The Sopranos," died Wednesday.  The Emmy-winning star of The Sapranos suffered a possible heart attack while in Italy, where he was attending the Taormina Film Festival. He was 51.

Gandolfini first found fame in 1992 when he landed a role in a Broadway version of "A Streetcar Named Desire" alongside Alec Baldwin and Jessica Lange.

Shortly after, he went on to play a hitman in the 1993 movie "True Romance."

Gandolfini won three Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Drama and eventually earned $1 million per episode.  

Gandolfini is survived by his wife, Deborah Lin; his daughter Liliana, born last October and a teenage son, Michael, from his previous marriage to March Wudarsk.