Sopranos Actor Commits Suicide

December 27, 2008   ·   admin   ·   Jump to comments

John Costelloe, a former cast member on the hit HBO show “The Sopranos” committed suicide not to long ago. New York police found the actor dead in his house on December 18th due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound. At the time, the police aren’t releasing any information about why this may of taken place. For those who don’t recognize the name, Costelloe played a very vital character in the sixth season of The Sopranos.

We all remember Vito and his change in sexual preference right? Of course we do, it was a major storyline that season. Well Costelloe played the character of Johnny Cakes. Remember him? If not he was the short order cook who became the gay lover of Vito.

Cakes was only 47 years old at the time of his death. He was currently participating in a theater production called “Gang of Seven”, his role there was a hustler.