Comedian Gilbert Gottfried speaks during the funeral service for Abe Vigoda.
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[From obituary]
Loved ones of actor Abe Vigoda paid him a final curtain call on Sunday, poking fun at and reminiscing about the venerable thespian’s seemingly endless longevity.
Mourners filled Riverside Memorial Chapel with laughs, as if they were roasting the popular actor Vigoda who died Tuesday at the age of 94.
“You know this is the 20th time we’ve buried Abe Vigoda,” comic Gilbert Gottfried said of Vigoa, who lived nearly 34 years after he was erroneously reported to have passed. “Abe was so old, he had a bible that was signed by the author.”Modal Trigger
The infamous 1982 People magazine flub launched a second career for the Brooklyn-born actor, as punchline to a generation of Abe-Vigoda-is-dead jokes.
About 200 mourners, including former mayor David Dinkins and Friars Club roastmaster Jeffrey Ross, attended Vigoda’s memorial.
Two NYPD officers stood at attention flanking a Mahogany casket, with framed portraits of the famed “Barney Miller” star nearby.
[. . .]
In “The Godfather,” Vigoda’s Sal Tessio was planning a betray the Corleone family once Marlon Brando’s Don Corleone died. But before he could arrange the rub out of heir Michael Corleone – played by Al Pacino – the son’s capos got the drop on him.
[. . .]
Vigoda’s character pleaded with Michael Corleone loyalist Tom Hagen, played by Robert Duvall, to be let “off the hook.”
Duvall’s Hagen shook his head and responded, “Can’t do it Sally,” before Tessio is led away and executed.
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Abe Vigoda celebrated with laughs at funeral service
By David K. Li and Reuven Fenton
January 31, 2016 | 4:26pm
[From obituary]
Loved ones of actor Abe Vigoda paid him a final curtain call on Sunday, poking fun at and reminiscing about the venerable thespian’s seemingly endless longevity.
Mourners filled Riverside Memorial Chapel with laughs, as if they were roasting the popular actor Vigoda who died Tuesday at the age of 94.
“You know this is the 20th time we’ve buried Abe Vigoda,” comic Gilbert Gottfried said of Vigoa, who lived nearly 34 years after he was erroneously reported to have passed. “Abe was so old, he had a bible that was signed by the author.”Modal Trigger
The infamous 1982 People magazine flub launched a second career for the Brooklyn-born actor, as punchline to a generation of Abe-Vigoda-is-dead jokes.
About 200 mourners, including former mayor David Dinkins and Friars Club roastmaster Jeffrey Ross, attended Vigoda’s memorial.
Two NYPD officers stood at attention flanking a Mahogany casket, with framed portraits of the famed “Barney Miller” star nearby.
[. . .]
In “The Godfather,” Vigoda’s Sal Tessio was planning a betray the Corleone family once Marlon Brando’s Don Corleone died. But before he could arrange the rub out of heir Michael Corleone – played by Al Pacino – the son’s capos got the drop on him.
[. . .]
Vigoda’s character pleaded with Michael Corleone loyalist Tom Hagen, played by Robert Duvall, to be let “off the hook.”
Duvall’s Hagen shook his head and responded, “Can’t do it Sally,” before Tessio is led away and executed.
http://pagesix.com/2016/01/31/abe-vigoda-celebrated-with-laughs-at-funeral-service/?_ga=1.8613557.1407506085.1437464951
Abe Vigoda celebrated with laughs at funeral service
By David K. Li and Reuven Fenton
January 31, 2016 | 4:26pm
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