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Jerry Adler, ‘Sopranos’ Actor and Broadway Veteran, Dies at 96

The family confirmed the death as tributes spotlighted his late-life shift from decades backstage on Broadway to standout television roles.

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

  • Adler died Saturday in New York, his family said via Riverside Memorial Chapel, and no cause of death was disclosed.
  • He was best known for playing Herman “Hesh” Rabkin across all six seasons of The Sopranos after an initial cameo was expanded.
  • On The Good Wife and The Good Fight, his Howard Lyman role grew from a single episode, with co-creator Robert King praising his performance in a tribute.
  • Before his on-screen work, he logged 53 Broadway credits behind the scenes, including the original My Fair Lady, then pivoted to film and TV in the early 1990s.
  • Colleagues including Michael Imperioli and friend Frank J. Reilly shared remembrances, and his 2024 memoir, Too Funny for Words, chronicled his unconventional career.