List of deaths in The Sopranos series
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The following is a list of deaths from the HBO series, The Sopranos.
As of the conclusion of Part 1 of the sixth and final season, there have been 74 human deaths. This list does not include animal deaths.
[edit] Seasons
[edit] Season 1 (1999)
# | Image | Deceased | Cause of Death | Murderer | Episode Title |
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1 | Emil Kolar | Gunshot wound to the back of the head, three subsequent gunshot wounds. | Christopher Moltisanti | The Sopranos | |
2 | Hector Anthony | Gunshot wound (location unknown). The weapon that killed Anthony was accidentally dropped by one of Brendan Filone's goons. | Special K | 46 Long | |
3 | Brendan Filone | Gunshot wound clean through the eye while he was in his bathtub, on orders from Uncle Junior for hijacking trucks without permission. | Mikey Palmice | Denial, Anger, Acceptance | |
4 | Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile, Sr. | Cancer. | None | Meadowlands | |
5 | Fabian "Febby" Petrullio a.k.a. Fred Peters |
Strangulation. Petrullio ratted out a friend of Paulie and Pussy's and then joined the witness protection program | Tony Soprano | College | |
6 | Dominic | Drug overdose. Grandson of Uncle Junior's tailor, the 14 year old committed suicide after taking drugs acquired from Rusty Irish | Dominic | Pax Soprana | |
7 | Rusty Irish | Blunt force trauma (likely). Irish was thrown over Paterson Falls because he gave drugs to Dominic. | Mikey Palmice & an unidentified associate | ||
8 | "Juan Valdez" | Gunshot wound to the forehead. Valdez was drug dealer who was shot during a robbery. | Paulie Walnuts | A Hit Is a Hit | |
9 | Vin Makazian | Suicide by drowning after jumping off of a bridge. Makazian had been arrested and was in high debt. | Vin Makazian | Nobody Knows Anything | |
10 | Mariolina Capuano | Natural causes. | None | Isabella | |
11 | Donnie Paduana | Gunshot wound to the head. Killed on orders from Uncle Junior for suggesting Livia wanted her son assassinated. | Mikey Palmice | ||
12 | John Clayborn | Gunshot wound to the head. Accidentally killed by his partner during the attempted assassination on Tony. | Rasheen Ray | ||
13 | Jimmy Altieri | Gunshot wound to the back of the head. Killed for being an FBI informant. | Silvio Dante | I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano | |
14 | Chucky Signore | Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. Killed for conspiring with Uncle Junior to kill Tony. | Tony Soprano | ||
15 | Mikey Palmice | Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. Killed for conspiring with Uncle Junior to kill Tony. | Christopher Moltisanti & Paulie Walnuts |
- Total: 15
[edit] Season 2 (2000)
# | Image | Deceased | Cause of Death | Murderer | Episode Title |
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1 | Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi | Gunshot wound to the head. Killed for telling people that Tony likes "to fluff his mother's pillows" (wants her dead). | Gigi Cestone | Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office... | |
2 | Freddy Capuano | Supposedly killed for spreading rumors. | Unknown | Do Not Resuscitate | |
3 | Rev. Herman James Sr. | Natural causes while sleeping. | None | ||
4 | Jimmy Bones | Blunt force trauma to the head. An Elvis impersonator, Bones was killed with a hammer after seeing Pussy speaking with his FBI contact | Big Pussy Bonpensiero | Commendatori | |
5 | Tom Giglione, Sr. | Head trauma (likely). Giglione died when he fell off the roof while trying to fix a satellite dish. | None | The Happy Wanderer | |
6 | Sean Gismonte | Gunshot wound to the head. Killed during the shootout when he and Matthew Bevilaqua attempted to murder Christopher Moltisanti. | Christopher Moltisanti | Full Leather Jacket | |
7 | Matthew Bevilaqua | Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Killed after he attempted to kill Christopher, Bevilaqua was executed by Pussy and Tony. | Tony Soprano & Big Pussy Bonpensiero | From Where to Eternity | |
8 | Richie Aprile | Gunshot wound to the chest; gunshot wound to the forehead. Killed by his fiancee Janice Soprano after he punched her in a domestic dispute. | Janice Soprano | The Knight in White Satin Armor | |
9 | Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero | Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Killed for being an FBI informant. | Tony Soprano, Silvio Dante & Paulie Walnuts | Funhouse |
- Total: 9
[edit] Season 3 (2001)
# | Image | Deceased | Cause of Death | Murderer | Episode Title |
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1 | Livia Soprano | Stroke while sleeping. | None | Proshai, Livushka | |
2 | Fabrizio "Febby" Viola | Cancer. | None | Another Toothpick | |
3 | Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile | Gunshot wound (location unknown). Killed for beating Bryan Spatafore with a golf club. | Bobby Bacala, Sr. | ||
4 | Carlos | Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Killed because he was with Mustang Sally when the latter was killed. | Bobby Bacala, Sr. | ||
5 | Bobby Bacala, Sr. | Exact cause unknown, either cancer or fatal collision. Bacala crashed his car into a telephone pole. | None | ||
6 | Tracee | Physically beaten to death. Killed because she slapped Ralph. | Ralph Cifaretto | University | |
7 | Gigi Cestone | Heart attack. The heart attack was caused from the strain of defecation. | None | He is Risen | |
8 | Sunshine | Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Killed during an attempted poker robbery. | Giacomo Michael "Jackie" Aprile, Jr. | Amour Fou | |
9 | Carlo Renzi | Gunshot wound to the head. Killed during a shootout after he and Dino & Jackie Jr. attempted to rob a poker game. | Christopher Moltisanti | ||
10 | Dino Zerilli | Multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest. Killed after a shootout that followed an attempted poker game robbery. | Christopher Moltisanti & Albert Barese | ||
11 | Giacomo Michael "Jackie" Aprile, Jr. | Gunshot wound to the back of the head. Killed because of the poker robbery he attempted with Dino and Carlo. | Vito Spatafore | Army of One |
- Total: 11
[edit] Season 4 (2002)
# | Image | Deceased | Cause of Death | Murderer | Episode Title |
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1 | Barry Haydu | Gunshot wound to the head. A newly-retired police lieutenant, Haydu was killed for the alleged murder of Christopher Moltisanti's father Dickie Moltisanti. | Christopher Moltisanti | For All Debts Public and Private | |
2 | Karen Baccalieri | Fatal car accident. | None | Christopher | |
3 | Gloria Trillo | Suicide by hanging. (photo from Tony's dream sequence) | Gloria Trillo | Everybody Hurts | |
4 | Ralph Cifaretto | Physically beaten to death. Ralph was killed for setting the fire to the stables which killed Pie-O-My. Later decapitated and his severed head was placed in a bowling bag. | Tony Soprano | Whoever Did This | |
5 | Minn Matrone | Suffocation. | Paulie Walnuts | Eloise | |
6 | Credenzo Curtis | Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. Curtis was a heroin dealer who was ambushed and shot to assure that the cancelled assassination of Carmine Lupertazzi would remain a secret. | Benny Fazio and Petey De La Rosa | Whitecaps | |
7 | Stanley Johnson | Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. Johnson was a heroin dealer who was ambushed and shot to assure that the cancelled assassination of Carmine Lupertazzi would remain a secret. | Benny Fazio and Petey De La Rosa |
- Total: 7
[edit] Season 5 (2004)
# | Image | Deceased | Cause of Death | Murderer | Episode Title |
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1 | Raoul | Blunt force trauma to the head (brick thrown by Christopher Moltisanti), gunshot wound to the chest (shot by Paulie Walnuts). An Atlantic City waiter, Raoul was killed after a dispute over a tip. | Paulie Walnuts & Christopher Moltisanti | Two Tonys | |
2 | Joseph "Joey" Cogo | Killed prior in a payment dispute. | Unknown | Rat Pack | |
3 | Carmine Lupertazzi | Stroke. | None | ||
4 | Jack Massarone | Gunshot wound to the head. Killed for being an FBI informant. | Unknown | ||
5 | Jason Evanina | Gunshot wound to the chest. Killed for being present at the time of Lorraine's killing. | Joe Peeps and Billy Leotardo | All Happy Families... | |
6 | Lorraine Calluzzo | Gunshot wound (location unknown). Killed for not obeying the orders of Johnny Sack. | Billy Leotardo | ||
7 | Aunt Concetta | Heart attack. | None | In Camelot | |
8 | Vincent Patronella | Unknown, presumably natural causes. | None | ||
9 | Little boy | Drowned in a jacuzzi. | None | ||
10 | Uncle Nicolo aka "Zio" | Natural causes. | None | ||
11 | Joe Peeps | Gunshot wound to the head. Killed in his car as revenge for the death of Lorraine Calluzzo. | Tony Blundetto | Marco Polo | |
12 | Heather | Gunshot wound to the chest. Killed since she was with Joe Peeps when he was killed. | Tony Blundetto | ||
13 | Angelo Garepe | Multiple gunshot wounds to the face. Killed on orders from Johnny Sack for being loyal to Little Carmine. | Phil Leotardo | The Test Dream | |
14 | Billy Leotardo | Multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest. Killed in revenge for the death of Angelo Garepe. | Tony Blundetto | ||
15 | Gilbert Nieves | Stabbed to death. Killed after confronting Matush, a drug dealer friend of the late Jackie Aprile, Jr. | Matush | Long Term Parking | |
16 | Adriana La Cerva | Multiple gunshot wounds (locations unknown). Killed for being an FBI informant. | Silvio Dante | ||
17 | Tony Blundetto | Gunshot wound to the face. Killed to appease the New York family for the unauthorized killings of Joe Peeps and Billy Leotardo. | Tony Soprano | All Due Respect |
- Total: 17
[edit] Season 6 (2006)
Part 1 (2006) | |||||
# | Image | Deceased | Cause of Death | Murderer | Episode Title |
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1 | Raymond Curto | Heart attack. | None | Members Only | |
2 | Dick Barone | Lou Gehrig's disease (offscreen death). | None | ||
3 | Teddy Spirodakis | Three gunshot wounds to the chest. Killed for not paying debts. | Eugene Pontecorvo | ||
4 | Eugene Pontecorvo | Suicide by hanging. Pontecorvo killed himself after being forbidden from moving to Florida by both Tony and the FBI. | Eugene Pontecorvo | ||
5 | Superintendent | Gunshot wound to the abdomen. Accidentally shot upon bursting into a room when Colombian #1 was counting money. | Colombian #1 | Mayham | |
6 | Colombian #1 | Gunshot wound to the neck. He was most likely in charge of keeping track of the large amount of money that he was killed for. | Cary DiBartolo and Paulie Walnuts | ||
7 | Colombian #2 | Gunshot wound to the right shoulder, gunshot wound to the chest (shot by Cary DiBartolo); stabbed in the chest (stabbed by Paulie Walnuts). Killed after he attempted to kill Paulie Walnuts. | Cary DiBartolo and Paulie Walnuts | ||
8 | Aunt Dottie | Natural causes. Paulie's biological mother, Aunt Dottie suffered from Alzheimer's disease. | None | The Fleshy Part of the Thigh | |
9 | Eddie Pietro | Gunshot wound to the head. Killed because he was with Rusty Millio at the time of Millio's killing. | Zip #1 | Luxury Lounge | |
10 | Rusty Millio | Gunshot wound to the head. Millio's killer was hired by Tony Soprano, who was acting on a request from Johnny Sack. | Zip #2 | ||
11 | Car Accident Civilian | Gunshot wound to the back of the head. He intended to notify the police that he was involved in a car accident; killed after refusing cash from the other party involved, Vito Spatafore. | Vito Spatafore | Moe N' Joe | |
12 | Vito Spatafore | Beaten to death. Spatafore was killed for engaging in homosexual activity. | Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello and Gerry Torciano | Cold Stones | |
13 | Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello | Struck in the head (by Silvio Dante) and then stabbed to death (by Carlo Gervasi). Gamiello made jokes about Vito's death and saying Carlo Gervasi was a homosexual | Carlo Gervasi and Silvio Dante | ||
Part 2 (2007) |
- Total: 13
[edit] Statistics
- As of the eleventh episode in the show's sixth season in 2006, there have been 74 deaths in total and 51 of them were human murders.
- Season 5 had the most deaths, followed by Season 1.
- Season 4 had the fewest deaths, followed by Season 2.
- Season 5 had the most human murders, followed by Seasons 1 and 6.
- Christopher Moltisanti and Paulie Walnuts have committed the most murders tied with 7, and Tony Soprano has murdered 6 people. Mikey Palmice, Silvio Dante, and Tony Blundetto are the only other characters who have killed more than 2 people (Silvio being involved with 4 murders, and 3 apiece for Mikey and Tony B.).
- In addition to human deaths, there have been four animals killed through the course of the series:
- Mule deer by Christopher Moltisanti: episode 311 "Pine Barrens"
- Pie-O-My, a horse (either natural causes or foul play): episode 409 "Whoever Did This"
- Cozette, a maltese dog, by (accidentally) Christopher Moltisanti: episode 410 "The Strong, Silent Type"
- Rabbit by Artie Bucco: episode 607 "Luxury Lounge"
[edit] Trivia
- In every season, at least one major character has been killed off.
- Season 1: Brendan Filone, Mikey Palmice
- Season 2: Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, Richie Aprile, Matthew Bevilaqua, Sean Gismonte
- Season 3: Gigi Cestone, Jackie Aprile, Jr., Livia Soprano
- Season 4: Ralph Cifaretto, Gloria Trillo
- Season 5: Carmine Lupertazzi, Joe Peeps, Adriana La Cerva
- Season 6: Raymond Curto, Eugene Pontecorvo, Rusty Millio, Vito Spatafore
- Whenever major characters are to be murdered, David Chase tells the actors far in advance to prepare them for the scene.
- The cast has made it a tradition to take cast members who are killed off on the show to Il Cortile, a restaurant in Little Italy, for a farewell dinner.
- The fact that any cast member could be killed off at any time is referred to as the "Big Pussy Rule" (coined by Steven R. Schirripa).
- Joe Pantoliano knew in 2001 when he signed on to play the role of Ralph Cifaretto that he would only last two seasons and that his demise would not be a pretty one.
- One common bond that ties each of the seasons together is the so-called "Aprile Curse", where during the season at least one member of the Aprile crew or family dies.
- Season 1: Jackie Aprile, Sr
- Season 2: Richie Aprile
- Season 3: Gigi Cestone, Carlo Renzi, Dino Zerilli, Jackie Aprile, Jr.
- Season 4: Ralph Cifaretto
- Season 5: Adriana La Cerva
- Season 6: Eugene Pontecorvo, Vito Spatafore
- Of all the characters Christopher has had most brushes with death. This has happened in every season so far.
- Season 1: The mock execution given on orders from Junior as punishment for his truck hijackings alongside Brendan Filone.
- Season 2: Getting shot by Sean Gismonte and Matt Bevilaqua.
- Season 3: Getting shot at by Jackie Jr at Eugene's card game.
- Season 4: Getting car jacked while searching for heroin. Tony telling Chris later that his drug addiction could get him whacked.
- Season 5: Almost getting shot by Tony over the rumor about Tony and Adriana.
- Season 6: Getting shot at while fleeing after robbing bikers of crates of wine - who in turn were robbing an unknown establishment.
Tony • Dr. Melfi • Carmela • Christopher • Uncle Junior • Meadow • A.J. • Jackie Jr.• Janice • Silvio • Paulie Walnuts • Bobby "Bacala"
Johnny Sack • Vito • Adriana • Furio • Tony B. • Ralph • Big Pussy • Livia • Artie • Rosalie • Phil • Hesh
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