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Abe Vigoda

June 02, 2023

For the American rock band, see Abe Vigoda (band).

Abraham Charles Vigoda[1] (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) was an American actor known for his portrayals of Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather (1972) and Phil Fish in both Barney Miller (1975–1977, 1982) and Fish (1977–1978).

Abe Vigoda
Vigoda in 1975
Born
Abraham Charles Vigoda

(1921-02-24)February 24, 1921
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 26, 2016(2016-01-26) (aged 94)
Woodland Park, New Jersey, U.S.
Resting placeBeth David Cemetery, Elmont, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1947–2014
Spouses
  • Sonja Gohlke (died 1969)
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    (m. 1939; div. 1963)​
  • Beatrice Schy
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    ​
    (m. 1968; died 1992)​
Children1

Early life, family and education

Vigoda was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, on February 24, 1921,[2] the son of Samuel Vigoda and Lena Moses, Jewish immigrants from Russia.[3][4] His father was a tailor who had two other sons: Hy and Bill. The latter was a comic book artist who drew for the Archie Comics franchise and others in the 1940s.[5] Upon leaving school, Vigoda worked as a printer before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1943, serving in World War II. After his military service, he studied acting on the GI Bill at the American Theatre Wing. In the late 1940s, he began working in radio and made his television debut in an installment of the live drama series Studio One.[6]

Career

 
Vigoda as Phil Fish in Fish (1977)

Vigoda began acting while in his 20s, working with the American Theatre Wing.[7] His career as a professional actor began in 1947.[8]

He gained acting notability in the 1960s with his work in Broadway productions, including Marat/Sade (1967), portraying Mad Animal; The Man in the Glass Booth (1968), portraying Landau; Inquest (1970); and Tough to Get Help (1972), portraying Abraham Lincoln.[2][7]

His best known film role is that of Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather (1972). He also appeared briefly in The Godfather Part II in a flashback sequence at the end of the film.[9] According to Francis Ford Coppola's commentary on the DVD's widescreen edition, Vigoda landed the role of Tessio in an "open call", in which actors who did not have agents could come in for an audition.[10]

He gained further fame as Phil Fish on Barney Miller, a character known for his world-weary demeanor and persistent hemorrhoids.[11] Vigoda landed the role after an unusual audition, in which he unwittingly displayed that he was a perfect fit for the role:

While living in Los Angeles, I'd jog three to five miles a day. One morning jogging, my agent calls about a new series called Barney Miller, saying, "Go there at once."
Well, I was tired and exhausted... I must have run five miles that morning. I said, "I have to go home and take a shower."
"No, no, no. Go right now to Studio City, you're very right for it, they know you from The Godfather, they want to see you."
"With my shorts?"
"Go."
Danny Arnold and Ted Flicker, the producers, look at me, I look at them, they look at me again. "You look tired."
"Of course I'm tired, I jogged five miles this morning, I'm exhausted."
"Yeah, yeah, tell me, you look like you have hemorrhoids."
"What are you, a doctor or a producer?"[12]

— Abe Vigoda, quoted in Louis Zorich's What Have You Done?: The Inside Stories of Auditioning—from the Ridiculous to the Sublime (2009)

Vigoda's character on Barney Miller was popular, and a spin off television series, Fish, was created for him in 1977.[2] The series, a situation comedy, ran from February 5, 1977, to May 18, 1978.[13]

Mistaken reports of death

Prior to his actual death in January 2016, Vigoda was a repeated victim of mistaken death announcements. These led to jokes, often with Vigoda as participant.

In 1982 People magazine mistakenly referred to Vigoda as dead. At the time, Vigoda, aged 60, was performing in a stage play in Calgary.[14] He took the mistake with good humor, posing for a photograph published in Variety in which he was sitting up in a coffin, holding the erroneous issue of People. Jeff Jarvis, a People employee at the time, said that the magazine's editors were known for "messing up" stories and one of them repeatedly inserted the phrase "the late" in reference to Vigoda, even after a researcher correctly removed it.[15] The erroneous version was what went to print.[15]

In 1987 the same mistake was made when a reporter for WWOR, Channel 9 in Secaucus, New Jersey, mistakenly referred to him as the "late Abe Vigoda". She realized and corrected her mistake the next day.[16]

He had been the subject of many running gags pertaining to the mistaken reports of his death. In 1997 Vigoda appeared in Good Burger as the character Otis, the titular restaurant's french fry man. Several jokes were made about his high age, including his character Otis saying, "I should've died years ago." That same year, he was shopping at Bloomingdale's in Manhattan when the salesman remarked, "You look like Abe Vigoda. But you can't be Abe Vigoda because he's dead."[17] A Late Night with David Letterman skit showed Letterman trying to summon Vigoda's ghost, but Vigoda walked in and declared, "I'm not dead yet, you pinhead!"[18]

At a New York Friars Club roast of Rob Reiner which Vigoda attended, Billy Crystal joked, "I have nothing to say about Abe. I was always taught to speak well of the dead."[1]

In May 2001 a website was created with only one purpose: to report whether Vigoda was alive or dead.[19][20][21] In addition, in 2005, a "tongue-in-cheek" Firefox extension was released with the sole purpose of telling the browser user Vigoda's status.

Continuing with the gag, he appeared frequently to make fun of his status on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, including a guest appearance on the show's final episode. At the 1998 New York Friars Club roast of Drew Carey, with Vigoda in the audience, Jeff Ross joked, "My one regret is that Abe Vigoda isn't alive to see this." He followed that with "Drew, you go to Vegas; what's the over–under on Abe Vigoda?"[22] On January 23, 2009, Vigoda appeared live on The Today Show. He said he was doing well, joked about previous reports of his death and announced he had just completed a voice-over for an H&R Block commercial to air during the Super Bowl.[citation needed]

Vigoda and Betty White, both 88 years old at the time, appeared in "Game", a Snickers commercial that debuted during Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010. The synopsis made fun of the advanced age of the actors. The Super Bowl Ad Meter poll respondents rated the ad the highest of any shown during the game.[23]

Personal life

Vigoda and his first wife Sonja Gohlke had one daughter named Carol.[17] The marriage ended in divorce.[24] His second marriage to Beatrice Schy lasted from 1968[25] until her death in 1992.[17]

Vigoda enjoyed playing handball[14] and stated in an interview that he was "almost" a champion at the game in his youth.[12]

Death

On January 26, 2016, one month before his 95th birthday,[26] Vigoda died in his sleep at his daughter Carol Fuchs' home in Woodland Park, New Jersey, of natural causes.[7][17][27] He had gone there "to escape the hazards of a blizzard."[28]

Vigoda's funeral was held on January 31, 2016. Notable figures including comic Gilbert Gottfried and former New York City mayor David Dinkins attended.[29] He was buried in the Beth David Cemetery at Elmont, Nassau County, New York.

On the 2017 Academy Awards show, Vigoda was not included in the show's memorial reel, surprising many and prompting a small PR backlash.[30][31]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video game

Year Title Role
2006 The Godfather Salvatore Tessio (voice)

References

  1. ^ a b Lavietes, Stuart (January 26, 2016). "Abe Vigoda, of 'Godfather' and 'Barney Miller,' dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Hamrick, Craig; Jamison, R. J. (2012). Barnabas & Company: The Cast of the TV Classic Dark Shadows. Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse. p. 445. ISBN 978-1-4759-1034-6.
  3. ^ US Census, April 1, 1930, State of New York, County of Kings, Borough of Brooklyn, enumeration district 566, p. 14-A, family 10.
  4. ^ "Abe Vigoda Biography". FilmReference.com. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  5. ^ . The Comics Journal. Archived from the original (excerpt) on April 6, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  6. ^ . The Telegraph. Archived from the original (obituary) on June 3, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c . A+E Networks. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  8. ^ Marguiles, Lee (April 18, 1976). "Fame Comes Late to "Sad-faced" Vigoda". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  9. ^ Schumacher, Michael (1999). Francis Ford Coppola: a filmmaker's life. New York, NY: Crown. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-517-70445-5.
  10. ^ The Godfather: Widescreen Collection (DVD). Paramount Pictures. 2004.
  11. ^ Sharbutt, Jay (May 26, 1977). "Abe Vigoda Likes the Recognition He's Earned as TV's "Fish"". The Evening News. Newburgh, NY. Associated Press. p. 6C.
  12. ^ a b Zorich, Louis (2009). What Have You Done?: The Inside Stories of Auditioning—from the Ridiculous to the Sublime. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-87910-365-1.
  13. ^ Bridges, Todd (2010). Killing Willis: From Diff'rent Strokes to the Mean Streets to the Life I Always Wanted. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-4391-5589-9.
  14. ^ a b Leopold, Todd (September 23, 2008). "Abe Vigoda is still alive, thank you very much". CNN Entertainment. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  15. ^ a b Silverman, Craig; Jarvis, Jeff (2009). Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech. Sterling. pp. 174–75. ISBN 978-1-4027-6564-3.
  16. ^ Brioux, Bill (2007). Truth and rumors: the reality behind TV's most famous myths. The Praeger television collection. Greenwood. pp. 114–15. ISBN 978-0-275-99247-7.
  17. ^ a b c d Italie, Hillel (January 26, 2016). . Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  18. ^ Rumours of his death are premature The Hollywood Scandal Almanac Page 125 6 February 2016.
  19. ^ "Whois Record For AbeVigOda.com". DomainTools. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  20. ^ Ceilán, Cynthia (2007). Thinning the Herd: Tales of the Weirdly Departed. Globe Pequot. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-59921-219-7.
  21. ^ "Vigoda's non-death (he is now 88) is a pop culture meme to this day. Abevigoda.com, for example, does only one thing: indicate whether Abe is alive or dead". New York. 43: 239. 2010.
  22. ^ Ross, Jeffrey (2009). I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges. Simon and Schuster. pp. 163–64. ISBN 9781439101407.
  23. ^ Othmer, James P. (February 8, 2010). "Super Bowl Ads Play It Safe". The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  24. ^ "Famous Hookups". Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  25. ^ "Abe Vigoda Dead". January 27, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  26. ^ Hinckley, David (January 27, 2016). "Why you knew Abe Vigoda". CNN. Retrieved January 23, 2021. when he died Tuesday, a month short of his 95th birthday
  27. ^ "Abe Vigoda, sunken-eyed 'Godfather,' 'Barney Miller' actor, dies at 94". The Washington Post. January 26, 2016. ISSN 0190-8286.
  28. ^ Balsamo, Michael (February 1, 2016). "Brooklyn native Abe Vigoda, famed character actor, recalled as a class act". Brooklyn Eage. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  29. ^ https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/abe-vigoda-funeral-manhattan/
  30. ^ "Oscars "In Memoriam": Abe Vigoda Among Snubs". The Hollywood Reporter. February 28, 2016.
  31. ^ "Oscars 2016: In Memoriam montage excludes Abe Vigoda". EW.com.
  32. ^ E.g., Chavez, Danette (January 27, 2016). "Conan pays tribute to Abe Vigoda's many Late Night appearances". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

General references

  • "Abe Vigoda the sunken Godfather". The Washington Post. January 26, 2016. ISSN 0190-8286.
  • Obituaries (January 28, 2016). "Abe Vigoda". The Daily Telegraph.
  • Lavietes, Stuart (January 26, 2016). "Abe Vigoda, of 'Godfather' and 'Barney Miller,' dies at 94". New York Times.
  • Marguiles, Lee (April 18, 1976). "Fame Comes Late to "Sad-faced" Vigoda"". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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For the American rock band see Abe Vigoda band Abraham Charles Vigoda 1 February 24 1921 January 26 2016 was an American actor known for his portrayals of Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather 1972 and Phil Fish in both Barney Miller 1975 1977 1982 and Fish 1977 1978 Abe VigodaVigoda in 1975BornAbraham Charles Vigoda 1921 02 24 February 24 1921Brooklyn New York U S DiedJanuary 26 2016 2016 01 26 aged 94 Woodland Park New Jersey U S Resting placeBeth David Cemetery Elmont New York U S OccupationActorYears active1947 2014SpousesSonja Gohlke died 1969 m 1939 div 1963 wbr Beatrice Schy m 1968 died 1992 wbr Children1 Contents 1 Early life family and education 2 Career 3 Mistaken reports of death 4 Personal life 5 Death 6 Filmography 6 1 Film 6 2 Television 6 3 Video game 7 References 7 1 General references 8 External linksEarly life family and education EditVigoda was born in Brooklyn New York New York on February 24 1921 2 the son of Samuel Vigoda and Lena Moses Jewish immigrants from Russia 3 4 His father was a tailor who had two other sons Hy and Bill The latter was a comic book artist who drew for the Archie Comics franchise and others in the 1940s 5 Upon leaving school Vigoda worked as a printer before enlisting in the U S Army in 1943 serving in World War II After his military service he studied acting on the GI Bill at the American Theatre Wing In the late 1940s he began working in radio and made his television debut in an installment of the live drama series Studio One 6 Career Edit Vigoda as Phil Fish in Fish 1977 Vigoda began acting while in his 20s working with the American Theatre Wing 7 His career as a professional actor began in 1947 8 He gained acting notability in the 1960s with his work in Broadway productions including Marat Sade 1967 portraying Mad Animal The Man in the Glass Booth 1968 portraying Landau Inquest 1970 and Tough to Get Help 1972 portraying Abraham Lincoln 2 7 His best known film role is that of Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather 1972 He also appeared briefly in The Godfather Part II in a flashback sequence at the end of the film 9 According to Francis Ford Coppola s commentary on the DVD s widescreen edition Vigoda landed the role of Tessio in an open call in which actors who did not have agents could come in for an audition 10 He gained further fame as Phil Fish on Barney Miller a character known for his world weary demeanor and persistent hemorrhoids 11 Vigoda landed the role after an unusual audition in which he unwittingly displayed that he was a perfect fit for the role While living in Los Angeles I d jog three to five miles a day One morning jogging my agent calls about a new series called Barney Miller saying Go there at once Well I was tired and exhausted I must have run five miles that morning I said I have to go home and take a shower No no no Go right now to Studio City you re very right for it they know you from The Godfather they want to see you With my shorts Go Danny Arnold and Ted Flicker the producers look at me I look at them they look at me again You look tired Of course I m tired I jogged five miles this morning I m exhausted Yeah yeah tell me you look like you have hemorrhoids What are you a doctor or a producer 12 Abe Vigoda quoted in Louis Zorich s What Have You Done The Inside Stories of Auditioning from the Ridiculous to the Sublime 2009 Vigoda s character on Barney Miller was popular and a spin off television series Fish was created for him in 1977 2 The series a situation comedy ran from February 5 1977 to May 18 1978 13 Mistaken reports of death EditPrior to his actual death in January 2016 Vigoda was a repeated victim of mistaken death announcements These led to jokes often with Vigoda as participant In 1982 People magazine mistakenly referred to Vigoda as dead At the time Vigoda aged 60 was performing in a stage play in Calgary 14 He took the mistake with good humor posing for a photograph published in Variety in which he was sitting up in a coffin holding the erroneous issue of People Jeff Jarvis a People employee at the time said that the magazine s editors were known for messing up stories and one of them repeatedly inserted the phrase the late in reference to Vigoda even after a researcher correctly removed it 15 The erroneous version was what went to print 15 In 1987 the same mistake was made when a reporter for WWOR Channel 9 in Secaucus New Jersey mistakenly referred to him as the late Abe Vigoda She realized and corrected her mistake the next day 16 He had been the subject of many running gags pertaining to the mistaken reports of his death In 1997 Vigoda appeared in Good Burger as the character Otis the titular restaurant s french fry man Several jokes were made about his high age including his character Otis saying I should ve died years ago That same year he was shopping at Bloomingdale s in Manhattan when the salesman remarked You look like Abe Vigoda But you can t be Abe Vigoda because he s dead 17 A Late Night with David Letterman skit showed Letterman trying to summon Vigoda s ghost but Vigoda walked in and declared I m not dead yet you pinhead 18 At a New York Friars Club roast of Rob Reiner which Vigoda attended Billy Crystal joked I have nothing to say about Abe I was always taught to speak well of the dead 1 In May 2001 a website was created with only one purpose to report whether Vigoda was alive or dead 19 20 21 In addition in 2005 a tongue in cheek Firefox extension was released with the sole purpose of telling the browser user Vigoda s status Continuing with the gag he appeared frequently to make fun of his status on Late Night with Conan O Brien including a guest appearance on the show s final episode At the 1998 New York Friars Club roast of Drew Carey with Vigoda in the audience Jeff Ross joked My one regret is that Abe Vigoda isn t alive to see this He followed that with Drew you go to Vegas what s the over under on Abe Vigoda 22 On January 23 2009 Vigoda appeared live on The Today Show He said he was doing well joked about previous reports of his death and announced he had just completed a voice over for an H amp R Block commercial to air during the Super Bowl citation needed Vigoda and Betty White both 88 years old at the time appeared in Game a Snickers commercial that debuted during Super Bowl XLIV on February 7 2010 The synopsis made fun of the advanced age of the actors The Super Bowl Ad Meter poll respondents rated the ad the highest of any shown during the game 23 Personal life EditVigoda and his first wife Sonja Gohlke had one daughter named Carol 17 The marriage ended in divorce 24 His second marriage to Beatrice Schy lasted from 1968 25 until her death in 1992 17 Vigoda enjoyed playing handball 14 and stated in an interview that he was almost a champion at the game in his youth 12 Death EditOn January 26 2016 one month before his 95th birthday 26 Vigoda died in his sleep at his daughter Carol Fuchs home in Woodland Park New Jersey of natural causes 7 17 27 He had gone there to escape the hazards of a blizzard 28 Vigoda s funeral was held on January 31 2016 Notable figures including comic Gilbert Gottfried and former New York City mayor David Dinkins attended 29 He was buried in the Beth David Cemetery at Elmont Nassau County New York On the 2017 Academy Awards show Vigoda was not included in the show s memorial reel surprising many and prompting a small PR backlash 30 31 Filmography EditFilm Edit Three Rooms in Manhattan 1965 as Waiter uncredited The Godfather 1972 as Salvatore Tessio The Devil s Daughter 1973 as Alikhine The Don Is Dead 1973 as Don Talusso The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd 1974 as Dominic Morrell Newman s Law 1974 as John Dellanzia The Godfather Part II 1974 as Salvatore Tessio Having Babies 1976 as Al Schneider The Cheap Detective 1978 as Sgt Rizzuto Death Car on the Freeway 1979 as Mr Frisch Gridlock 1980 as Herb The Big Stuffed Dog 1981 as Carnival Pitchman Cannonball Run II 1984 as Caesar The Stuff 1985 as Special Guest Star in Stuff Commercial cameo Vasectomy A Delicate Matter 1986 as Detective Abe Fossi Plain Clothes 1987 as Mr Wiseman Grandmother s House 1988 as the Grandpa Look Who s Talking 1989 as Grandpa Prancer 1989 as Orel Benton Keaton s Cop 1990 as Louis KeatonFist of Honor 1993 as Victor Malucci Sugar Hill 1993 as Gus Molino Me and the Kid 1993 as Pawn Broker Batman Mask of the Phantasm 1993 as Salvatore Valestra voice North 1994 as Alaskan Grandpa Home of Angels 1994 as Grandpa Jury Duty 1995 as Judge Powell The Misery Brothers 1995 as Don Frito Layleone Love Is All There Is 1996 as Rudy Saturday Night Live 1996 as himself Underworld 1996 as Will Cassady Good Burger 1997 as Otis Me and the Gods 1997 as Zeus A Brooklyn State of Mind 1997 as Uncle Guy Witness to the Mob 1998 as Paul Castellano Just the Ticket 1999 as Arty Chump Change 2000 as The Frog Tea Cake or Cannoli 2000 Crime Spree 2003 as Angelo Giancarlo Farce of the Penguins 2007 as Penguin from Boca voice The Unknown Trilogy 2007 as Uncle Morty segment Frankie the Squirrel Sweet Destiny 2014 final film role Television Edit Studio One 1949 Dark Shadows cast member in 1969 as Ezra Braithwaite Sesame Street 1973 guest appearance Toma 1973 as Donzer Mannix 1973 as Anton Valine Hawaii Five O 1974 as Abe Kemper Barney Miller cast member from 1975 1977 The Bionic Woman 1976 as Barlow Fish 1977 1978 as Det Phil Fish Cannon 1975 as Mr Couzellous The Comedy Company 1978 as Jake How to Pick Up Girls 1978 as Nathan Perlmutter The Rockford Files 1978 as Phil The Dancer Gabriel Al Dancer weepstake ep 1 1979 as Anthony B J and the Bear 1980 as Grandpa Ben Rule The Littlest Hobo 1980 as Howard Mattson As the World Turns cast member in 1985 Tales from the Darkside A Choice of Dreams 1986 as Jake Corelli Superboy Season 1 Episode 3 Back to Oblivion 1988 as Mr Wagner Santa Barbara cast member in 1989 as Lyle DeFranco Monsters ep The Gift 1990 as Dolan MacGyver ep 7 season 6 as Bill Cody Lucky Luke 1993 as Judge Rinehart Law amp Order Remand 1996 as Ret Detective Landis Wings All about Christmas Eve 1996 as Harry The Norm Show Norm Crusading Social Worker 1999 as Sal Family Guy The Kiss Seen Around the World 2001 as Himself voice Late Night with Conan O Brien recurring 32 2005 2007 as Himself High School USA ep 12 2013 as Otto Video game Edit Year Title Role2006 The Godfather Salvatore Tessio voice References Edit a b Lavietes Stuart January 26 2016 Abe Vigoda of Godfather and Barney Miller dies at 94 The New York Times Retrieved September 19 2017 a b c Hamrick Craig Jamison R J 2012 Barnabas amp Company The Cast of the TV Classic Dark Shadows Bloomington Indiana iUniverse p 445 ISBN 978 1 4759 1034 6 US Census April 1 1930 State of New York County of Kings Borough of Brooklyn enumeration district 566 p 14 A family 10 Abe Vigoda Biography FilmReference com Retrieved January 4 2013 Gil Kane Interviewed by Gary Groth The Comics Journal Archived from the original excerpt on April 6 2012 Retrieved January 7 2014 Abe Vigoda actor The Telegraph Archived from the original obituary on June 3 2016 Retrieved March 19 2020 a b c Abe Vigoda Biography A E Networks Archived from the original on March 26 2019 Retrieved February 22 2013 Marguiles Lee April 18 1976 Fame Comes Late to Sad faced Vigoda Youngstown Vindicator Associated Press Retrieved September 19 2017 Schumacher Michael 1999 Francis Ford Coppola a filmmaker s life New York NY Crown p 164 ISBN 978 0 517 70445 5 The Godfather Widescreen Collection DVD Paramount Pictures 2004 Sharbutt Jay May 26 1977 Abe Vigoda Likes the Recognition He s Earned as TV s Fish The Evening News Newburgh NY Associated Press p 6C a b Zorich Louis 2009 What Have You Done The Inside Stories of Auditioning from the Ridiculous to the Sublime Milwaukee WI Hal Leonard p 159 ISBN 978 0 87910 365 1 Bridges Todd 2010 Killing Willis From Diff rent Strokes to the Mean Streets to the Life I Always Wanted New York NY Simon and Schuster p 70 ISBN 978 1 4391 5589 9 a b Leopold Todd September 23 2008 Abe Vigoda is still alive thank you very much CNN Entertainment Retrieved September 19 2017 a b Silverman Craig Jarvis Jeff 2009 Regret the Error How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech Sterling pp 174 75 ISBN 978 1 4027 6564 3 Brioux Bill 2007 Truth and rumors the reality behind TV s most famous myths The Praeger television collection Greenwood pp 114 15 ISBN 978 0 275 99247 7 a b c d Italie Hillel January 26 2016 Abe Vigoda sunken eyed character actor dead at 94 Associated Press Archived from the original on February 3 2016 Retrieved September 19 2017 Rumours of his death are premature The Hollywood Scandal Almanac Page 125 6 February 2016 Whois Record For AbeVigOda com DomainTools Retrieved September 19 2017 Ceilan Cynthia 2007 Thinning the Herd Tales of the Weirdly Departed Globe Pequot p 210 ISBN 978 1 59921 219 7 Vigoda s non death he is now 88 is a pop culture meme to this day Abevigoda com for example does only one thing indicate whether Abe is alive or dead New York 43 239 2010 Ross Jeffrey 2009 I Only Roast the Ones I Love Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges Simon and Schuster pp 163 64 ISBN 9781439101407 Othmer James P February 8 2010 Super Bowl Ads Play It Safe The Daily Beast Retrieved September 19 2017 Famous Hookups Retrieved September 19 2017 Abe Vigoda Dead January 27 2016 Retrieved September 19 2017 Hinckley David January 27 2016 Why you knew Abe Vigoda CNN Retrieved January 23 2021 when he died Tuesday a month short of his 95th birthday Abe Vigoda sunken eyed Godfather Barney Miller actor dies at 94 The Washington Post January 26 2016 ISSN 0190 8286 Balsamo Michael February 1 2016 Brooklyn native Abe Vigoda famed character actor recalled as a class act Brooklyn Eage Retrieved March 15 2019 https www cbsnews com newyork news abe vigoda funeral manhattan Oscars In Memoriam Abe Vigoda Among Snubs The Hollywood Reporter February 28 2016 Oscars 2016 In Memoriam montage excludes Abe Vigoda EW com E g Chavez Danette January 27 2016 Conan pays tribute to Abe Vigoda s many Late Night appearances The A V Club Retrieved January 27 2016 General references Edit Abe Vigoda the sunken Godfather The Washington Post January 26 2016 ISSN 0190 8286 Obituaries January 28 2016 Abe Vigoda The Daily Telegraph Lavietes Stuart January 26 2016 Abe Vigoda of Godfather and Barney Miller dies at 94 New York Times Marguiles Lee April 18 1976 Fame Comes Late to Sad faced Vigoda Youngstown Vindicator Associated Press a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abe Vigoda Abe Vigoda at IMDb Abe Vigoda at the Internet Broadway Database Abe Vigoda at the Internet Off Broadway Database Abe Vigoda at Find a Grave Abe Vigoda discography at DiscogsPortals Biography Comedy Film New York City Television United States Visual Arts Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abe Vigoda amp 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