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Joe Marinelli, a veteran television actor may be better known for his roles on the soap operas General hospital And Santa Barbaraas well as on Apple TV + The morning showdied, his agent Julie Smith confirmed Entertainment every week. He was 68 years old.
The musician Jean Marinelli, the actor’s wife for almost 34 years, said THR That he died on Sunday June 22 in Burbank on Sunday, after a stomach cancer battle.
Marinelli memorablely portrays the gangster of Gangster Bunny Tagliatti, between 1988 and 1990, on Santa Barbara. He was Joseph Sorel General hospitalbetween 1999 and 2001, and also worked on Guiding light.
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But its more than 50 credits also extended during prime times.
He made 22 episodes of The morning showThe Apple TV + Series with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon as television anchors. Marinelli played the director of the new holders program, Donny Spagnoli, between her first season in 2019 and her third in 2023. The cast was nominated for The Ensemble Honor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2022.
From 1984, Marinelli appeared on a long list of popular series, in particular Hill Street Blues,, The law,, Er,, The king of the queens,, The west wing,, Practice,, Desperate housewives,, Home,, PrecariousAnd The offer. He also appeared in films Aside And The assassination of Richard Nixon.
His friend and colleague actor, Leigh J. McCloskey, shared a tribute on Facebook.
“A softer man or a more expensive friend that you could not find than Joe Marinelli,” started McCloskey. “I knew that Joe was sick and so much admired his tireless spirit throughout what looked like a very difficult test, if not impossible, Joe was a champion.”
McCloskey called Marinelli as “a great acting partner, professor, philosophical friend, believing passionate people and an extraordinary storyteller with laughter and depth revealed the human spirit so beautifully and so much different ways.”
He said that it “saddens me greatly to say goodbye to my old friend and his belief in goodness, and even to the possible greatness of the human adventure. I am happy to have walked with you Joe.
