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Jerry Adler, Broadway Veteran and The Sopranos Actor, Dies at 96

He reinvented himself in his 60s from a Broadway backstage mainstay to a memorable television presence.

FILE - Actor Jerry Adler arrives for the funeral service of James Gandolfini, star of "The Sopranos," in New York's the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, Thursday, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
Tony Soprano, con su consejero, Hesh Rabkin (Jerry Adler).
Jerry Adler trabajó en el detrás de escena de Broadway hasta que cerca de la jubilación empezó a actuar en cine y TV
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Overview

  • His family confirmed the death Saturday in New York through Riverside Memorial Chapel, with no cause disclosed.
  • Adler was best known as Herman “Hesh” Rabkin across six seasons of The Sopranos and as Howard Lyman on The Good Wife and The Good Fight.
  • The Good Wife creator Robert King said a planned one‑episode appearance became years of work after Adler’s first scene landed, posting a tribute on social media.
  • Before on‑screen roles beginning in the early 1990s, he logged 53 Broadway credits behind the scenes, including the original My Fair Lady, and came from a theatre family that included his father Philip Adler and relative Stella Adler.
  • Colleagues and friends, including Michael Imperioli and Frank J. Reilly, shared remembrances, and Adler’s 2024 memoir, Too Funny for Words, recounted his late‑career pivot.