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‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Law & Order’ actor Paul Sorvino dies at 83

FILE - Mira Sorvino, right and father Paul Sorvino attend the premiere of "Reservation Road" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in “Goodfellas” and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerretta on “Law & Order,” has died. He was 83. (AP Photo/Kathleen Voege, File) FILE - Mira Sorvino, right and father Paul Sorvino attend the premiere of "Reservation Road" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in “Goodfellas” and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerretta on “Law & Order,” has died. He was 83. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) FILE - Actor Paul Sorvino poses at the Bijou Theater where he is directing "Wheelbarrow Closers" in New York City on Oct. 6, 1976. Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in "Goodfellas" and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerretta on "Law & Order," has died. He was 83. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Paul Sorvino attends a special screening of "Foxcatcher", hosted by the Cinema Society with Details and Brooks Brothers, at The Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in New York. Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in "Goodfellas" and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerretta on "Law & Order," has died. He was 83. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Paul Sorvino arrives at the 29th annual Producers Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in "Goodfellas" and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerretta on "Law & Order," has died. He was 83. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Paul Sorvino attends the "Big Eyes" premiere at the Museum of Modern Art on Dec. 15, 2014, in New York. Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in "Goodfellas" and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerretta on "Law & Order," has died. He was 83. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)