{"id":8680,"date":"2013-06-28T10:55:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T10:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/28\/gandolfini\/"},"modified":"2013-06-28T10:55:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T10:55:57","slug":"gandolfini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/28\/gandolfini\/","title":{"rendered":"Gandolfini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">The encomia continue to pour in on the occasion of the passing of James Gandolfini.&#0160; &#39;Tony Soprano&#39; died young at 51, apparently of a heart attack, while vacationing in Italy.&#0160; Given the subtlety of <em>The Sopranos<\/em> it would be unfair to say that Gandolfini wasted his talent portraying &#0160;a scumbag&#0160; and glorifying criminality, and leave it at that.&#0160; &#0160; But I wonder if people like him and De Niro and so many others give any thought to the proper use of their brief time on earth.&#0160; 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