User:Sumnjim/Sopranos/Deaths

The following is a list of deaths from the HBO series, The Sopranos.

Over the course of the series 93 human characters died.

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

#	Deceased	Cause of Death	Murderer	Episode Title
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.	n/a	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 Capri	Drug overdose. Grandson of Uncle Junior's tailor, the 14 year old committed suicide after taking drugs acquired from Rusty Irish.	Dominic Capri	Pax Soprana
7	Rusty Irish	Blunt force trauma (likely). Irish was thrown over Paterson Falls because he gave drugs to Dominic.	Mikey Palmice & Joseph Marino
8	"Juan Valdez"	Gunshot wound to the forehead. Valdez was drug dealer who operated in Soprano territory in Newark and 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.	n/a	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	William 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

Season 2 (2000)

#	Deceased	Cause of Death	Murderer	Episode Title
1	Dr. Jennifer Melfi's Patient	committed suicide.	n/a	Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office...
2	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
3	Freddy Capuano	Supposedly killed for spreading rumors.	Unknown	Do Not Resuscitate
4	Rev. Herman James Sr.	Natural causes while sleeping.	n/a
5	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
6	Tom Giglione, Sr.	Head trauma (likely).	n/a	The Happy Wanderer
7	Waldemar Wyczchuk	Philadelphia underworld figure and alleged shylock, executed by explosion. Skip Lipari brings the information to Big Pussy.	Unknown assassin	D-Girl
8	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
9	Matthew Bevilaqua	Multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest. Executed by Pussy and Tony after he attempted to kill Christopher.	Tony Soprano & Big Pussy Bonpensiero	From Where to Eternity
10	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
11	Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero	Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, neck, and head. Killed for being an FBI informant.	Tony Soprano, Silvio Dante & Paulie Walnuts	Funhouse

• Total: 11

Season 3 (2001)

#	Deceased	Cause of Death	Murderer	Episode Title
1	Livia Soprano	Stroke while sleeping.	n/a	Proshai, Livushka
2	Fabrizio "Febby" Viola	Cancer.	n/a	Another Toothpick
3	Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile	Gunshot wound through the side of the head. Killed for beating Bryan Spatafore with a golf club.	Bobby Bacala, Sr.
4	Carlos	Gunshot wound to the chest and then the head. Killed because he was with Mustang Sally when he 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.	n/a
6	Tracee	Physically beaten to death. Killed because she slapped Ralph.	Ralph Cifaretto	University
7	Gigi Cestone	Heart attack caused from the stress of putting his kids through school, onset by the strain of defecation.	n/a	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 between the eyes. 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

Season 4 (2002)

#	Deceased	Cause of Death	Murderer	Episode Title
1	Dennis Lynch	Shot to death in an armored car robbery in Pennsylvania. Lynch was connected to organized crime families both in New York and New Jersey.	Unknown	For All Debts Public and Private
2	Dennis Lynch's partner	Shot to death in an armored car robbery in Pennsylvania.	Unknown
3	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
4	Karen Baccalieri	Fatal car accident.	n/a	Christopher
5	Gloria Trillo	Suicide by hanging (photo from Tony's dream sequence)	herself	Everybody Hurts
6	Furio's father	Died of cancer in Italy.	n/a	Mergers and Acquisitions
7	Ralph Cifaretto	Physically beaten, then strangled to death. Ralph was killed for supposedly 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
8	Minn Matrone	Suffocation.	Paulie Walnuts	Eloise
9	Credenzo Curtis	Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, abdomen, and head. Curtis was a heroin dealer who was ambushed and shot to assure that the cancelled assassination of Carmine Lupertazzi would remain a secret.	Petey La Rosa	Whitecaps
10	Stanley Johnson	Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, abdomen, and neck. 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

• Total: 10

Season 5 (2004)

#	Deceased	Cause of Death	Murderer	Episode Title
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.	n/a
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.	n/a	In Camelot
8	Vincent Patronella	Unknown, presumably natural causes.	n/a
9	Mrs. Crilley	Uncle Junior’s cousin’s sister by marriage. Died of natural causes.	n/a
10	Little boy	Drowned in a jacuzzi.	n/a
11	Uncle Nicolo aka "Zio"	Natural causes.	n/a
12	Joe Peeps	Gunshot wound to the head. Killed in his car as revenge for the death of Lorraine Calluzzo.	Tony Blundetto	Marco Polo
13	Heather	Gunshot wound to the chest. Killed since she was with Joe Peeps when he was killed.	Tony Blundetto
14	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
15	Billy Leotardo	Multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest. Killed in revenge for the death of Angelo Garepe.	Tony Blundetto
16	Gilbert Nieves	Stabbed to death. Killed after confronting Matush, a drug dealer friend of the late Jackie Aprile, Jr.	Matush	Long Term Parking
17	Adriana La Cerva	Multiple gunshot wounds (locations unknown). Killed for being an FBI informant.	Silvio Dante
18	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: 18

Season 6 (2006-2007)

Part 1 (2006)
#	Deceased	Cause of Death	Murderer	Episode Title
1	Aunt Edie	Eugene Pontecorvo's Aunt. Died of natural causes.	n/a	Members Only
2	Raymond Curto	Heart attack.	n/a
3	Dick Barone	Lou Gehrig's disease.	n/a
4	Teddy Spirodakis	Two gunshot wounds to the chest and one to the head. Killed for not paying debts.	Eugene Pontecorvo
5	Eugene Pontecorvo	Suicide by hanging. Pontecorvo killed himself after being forbidden from moving to Florida by both Tony and the FBI.	Eugene Pontecorvo
6	Superintendent	Gunshot wound to the abdomen. Accidentally shot upon bursting into a room when Colombian #1 was counting money.	Colombian #1	Mayham
7	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
8	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
9	Aunt Dottie	Natural causes. Paulie's biological mother, Aunt Dottie suffered from Alzheimer's disease.	n/a	The Fleshy Part of the Thigh
10	Eddie Pietro	Gunshot wound to the head. Killed because he was with Rusty Millio at the time of Millio's killing.	Italo	Luxury Lounge
11	Rusty Millio	Gunshot wound to the head. Millio's killer was hired by Tony Soprano, who was acting on a request from Johnny Sack.	Roberto
12	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
13	Vito Spatafore	Beaten to death. Spatafore was killed for being revealed as a homosexual.	Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello and Gerry Torciano	Cold Stones
14	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 implying that Carlo Gervasi is a homosexual.	Carlo Gervasi and Silvio Dante
Part 2 (2007)
#	Deceased	Cause of Death	Murderer	Episode Title
1	Rene LeCours	Shot in the chest and forehead by Bobby Baccalieri. Killed in order for Soprano family to save money in Pharmaceutical racket.	Bobby Baccalieri	Soprano Home Movies
2	Gerry Torciano	Multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and arms, and the head. Killed by a hitman while dining with Silvio Dante on orders from Faustino "Doc" Santoro in order to eliminate the heirs to the Lupertazzi Family throne.	Doc Santoro's assassin	Stage 5
3	John "Johnny Sack" Sacrimoni	Lung cancer while in prison.	n/a
4	Faustino "Doc" Santoro	Multiple gunshot wounds to various parts of the abdomen and face. Killed during the New York power struggle.	Phil Leotardo's hitmen led by Butch DeConcini	Remember When
5	Bodyguard	Multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen. Killed during the hit on "Doc" Santoro.	Phil Leotardo's hitmen
6	Renata	Died in her sleep.	n/a	Chasing It
7	J.T. Dolan	Shot in the head. Killed during Christopher's drunk fury for not listening to his problems.	Christopher Moltisanti	Walk Like a Man
8	Christopher Moltisanti	Suffocated by Tony after suffering massive trauma brought on by car accident.	Tony Soprano	Kennedy and Heidi
9	Maria Nuccia Gualtieri	Massive stroke while on a bus trip	n/a
10	Burt Gervasi	Garotted by Sil after considering switching to Phil's faction	Silvio Dante	The Blue Comet
11	Yarna's Father	Shot twice in the head in a case of mistaken identity.	Italo
12	Yarna	Shot in the stomach and head for witnessing her father's murder.	Italo
13	Bobby Baccalieri	Shot multiple times in the chest and stomach as a decapitation blow from New York.	Phil Leotardo's hitmen
14	Phil Leotardo	Executed by gunshot on Tony Soprano's orders.	Walden Belfiore	Made in America

• Total: 28 - 14 for Part 1, 14 for Part 2

Non-chronological

#	Deceased	Cause of Death	Murderer	Episode Referenced
1	Johnny Boy Soprano	Emphysema	n/a	Down Neck
2	Ercoli "Eckley" Soprano	natural causes.	n/a	The Happy Wanderer
3	Nucci Bonpensiero	natural causes, died from spinal meningitis many years ago.	n/a	D-Girl
4	Charles "Sonny" Pagano	Executed by Paulie over 30 years ago.	Paulie Walnuts	From Where to Eternity
5	Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti	Shot to death.	Barry Haydu	For All Debts Public and Private
6	Dickie Moltisanti's cell mate	Stabbed to death while in prison many years ago.	Jilly Ruffalo
7	1994 Victim	Shot to death. A man who was murdered by the same .38 found on Paulie, who served some time for this gun charge 8 years after the incident in 2002.	Unknown
8	Lenny Caputo	Head bashed in with a baseball bat along with his wife.	Lou “Dimaggio” Galina.	The Weight
9	Lenny Caputo's Wife	Head bashed in with a baseball bat along with her husband.	Lou “Dimaggio” Galina.
10	Tommy Neri	Lou “Dimaggio” Galina hit him with a tire iron while his partner Frank cut his head off with a hacksaw	Lou “Dimaggio” Galina and Frank
11	Murray Furlong	Janice’s neighbor from a long time ago who committed suicide by shoving a rifle in his mouth and blasting his brains out.	Murray Furlong	Everybody Hurts
12	Thomas Gilardi	Killed in a car bomb explosion, the suspected killer being Tony Blundetto when he was 28 years old.	possibly Tony Blundetto	Two Tonys
13	Thomas Gilardi's Driver	Killed in a car bomb explosion, the suspected killer being Tony Blundetto when he was 28 years old.	possibly Tony Blundetto
14	Johnson Brother #1	Killed for unknown reasons many years ago.	Unknown	Cold Cuts
15	Johnson Brother #2	Killed for unknown reasons many years ago.	Unknown
16	Little Pussy Malanga	Killed under Uncle Junior's orders sometime in 1999.	Unknown assassin	Members Only
17	Eugene's Father	Died of natural causes at age 52 a long time ago.	n/a
18	Willie Overall	Bookie killed and buried in 1982. Was discovered in 2007. Murdered under Johnny Boy Soprano's orders.	Tony Soprano and Paulie Walnuts	Remember When

Animals

• In addition to human deaths, there have been four animals killed through the course of the series:
  • White-tailed deer, shot by Christopher Moltisanti: episode 311 "Pine Barrens"
  • Pie-O-My, Tony's race horse. Badly wounded in a stable fire and had to be put down: episode 409 "Whoever Did This"
  • Cosette, a maltese dog, accidentally sat on by Christopher Moltisanti: episode 410 "The Strong, Silent Type"
  • Rabbit shot by Artie Bucco: episode 607 "Luxury Lounge"

External links

• Sopranos Body Count
• Shades of Death Road
• Arrivederci, Memorable Sopranos Deaths
• Characters Who Sleep With The Fishes RIP Listing
• Sopranos Body Count in German
• The Soprano's HBO site