Where Are They Now - Friday, June 3, 2016

Hello fans,

I was around the age of 10 when the first Home Alone movie came out, and I thought the two bad guys were the funniest thing ever. Little did I know that one of the bad guys was famous actor Joe Pesci, who already had some big films under his belt, including Raging Bull and Goodfellas; which got him an Oscar.

Today we are finding out whatever happened to this versatile actor. Read on to find out where Joe Pesci is now...

Take care,
Steve

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Norman Fell: Played Mr. Roper on the TV series "Three's Company"

Ruth Buzzi: She was a regular on the TV show "Laugh-In"

Julia Duffy: Played Stephanie Vanderkellen on the TV series "Newhart" and Alison Sugarbaker on the series "Designing Women"



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Joe Pesci
Learn More About Joe Pesci on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: February 9, 1943, Newark, New Jersey

BIRTH NAME: Joseph Frank Pesci

CLAIM TO FAME: He is known for his leading roles in many big films, inlcuding Goodfellas, My Cousin Vinny, and Casino.

FAMILY LIFE: Pesci was married to Claudia Martha Haro from 1988 to 1992, and they had one daughter Tiffany. In 2008, Pesci was reportedly engaged to actress/model Angie Everhart, although she denies they were ever actually engaged. They broke up that same year.

INFO: Pesci's acting career began at a young age when he starred in the series Star Time Kids. In the 60s he released an album under the name Joe Ritchie which was called Little Joe Sure Can Sing.

He played guitar for many bands, and had a vaudeville-style comedy act with friend Frank Vincent for a short time. The pair went on to co-star in several gangster films together, including Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995).

His big break was in Martin Scorsese's boxing film Raging Bull (1980). He went on to star in Easy Money (1983), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), and Goodfellas (1990).

He displayed his comedic side in the super popular Home Alone (1990), and reprised the role for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). Other films include JFK (1991), Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), My Cousin Vinny (1992), Casino (1995), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997) and Gone Fishin' (1997).

In 1998, he released his second LP (his first album in 30 years) called Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You, which contained the single Wise Guy.Most of the album was big band Jazz, and paid homage to his character name from the 1991 film classic My Cousin Vinny, not only through its album title, but also by its lead track "Yo Cousin Vinny".

TRIVIA: Was a close friend of George Carlin.

Is an avid golfer.

Is good friends with fellow actor and frequent co-star, Robert De Niro.

His performance as "Tommy DeVito" in Goodfellas (1990) is ranked #96 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Played guitar for Joey Dee and the Starliters.

Pesci is one of the producers of the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys, which is based on the lives of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Pesci did a cameo in Robert De Niro's 2006 film The Good Shepherd, and is the star of the 2010 drama Love Ranch, alongside Helen Mirren.

WHERE IS HE NOW: Pesci appeared with Don Rickles in a 2011 Snickers advertisement in which he portrays the angry alter-ego of a young man who attends a party and becomes agitated by two women until he is calmed down by eating a Snickers bar. Pesci also appears in the 2016 music documentary Jimmy Scott: I Go Back Home in which he is filmed recording The Folks Who Live on the Hill from Scott's forthcoming posthumous album I Go Back Home.

WRITE TO JOE PESCI:
Joe Pesci
c/o SFM
1122 S. Robertson Blvd., Suite 15
Los Angeles, CA 90035

CREDITS:
2015 A Warrior's Tail
Komar (English version, voice)

2010 Love Ranch
Charlie Bontempo

2006 The Good Shepherd
Joseph Palmi

1998 Lethal Weapon 4
Leo Getz

1997 Gone Fishin'
Joe Waters

1997 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Tommy

1995 Casino
Nicky Santoro

1994 With Honors
Simon Wilder

1994 Jimmy Hollywood
Jimmy Alto

1993 The Pink Panther (TV Series)
Dogfather / Puggs (voice)

1993 A Bronx Tale
Carmine

1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Harry Lime

1992 The Public Eye
Leon Bernstein

1992 Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)
Vic / Jack
- Split Personality (1992) ... Vic / Jack

1992 Lethal Weapon 3
Leo Getz

1992 My Cousin Vinny
Vinny Gambini

1991 JFK
David Ferrie

1991 The Super
Louie Kritski

1990 Home Alone
Harry Lime

1990 Goodfellas
Tommy DeVito

1990 Betsy's Wedding
Oscar Henner

1990 Catchfire
Leo Carelli (uncredited)

1989 The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
John Dos Passos

1989 Lethal Weapon 2
Leo Getz

1988 Moonwalker
Mr. Big

1987 Man on Fire
David

1985 Half Nelson (TV Series)
Rocky Nelson

1985 Half Nelson (TV Movie)
Rocky Nelson

1984 Tutti dentro
Corrado Parrisi

1984 Once Upon a Time in America
Frankie Manoldi

1983 Easy Money
Nicky Cerone

1983 Eureka
Mayakofsky

1982 Dear Mr. Wonderful
Ruby Dennis

1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Roger

1980 Raging Bull
Joey

1976 The Death Collector
Joe

1966 The Lucy Show (TV Series)
Musician Leader / Lead Musician

Dancer at the Peppermint Club (uncredited)

To see Then & Now pictures of Joe Pesci, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Norman Fell - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 03/24/1924 Died: 12/14/1998

Ruth Buzzi - ALIVE
Born: 07/24/1936

Julia Duffy - ALIVE
Born: 06/27/1951

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
6/2
Corry Brokken, 83, Dutch singer (1957 Eurovision Song Contest winner).
Andrzej Niemczyk, 72, Polish volleyball coach, European Champion (2003, 2005).
Yevhen Lemeshko, 85, Ukrainian football coach.

6/1
Jan Aas (it), 72, Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad).
Leonard Boyle, 85, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dunedin (1983-2005).
Roger Enrico, 71, American businessman (PepsiCo, DreamWorks).
Razak Khan, 62, Indian film actor.
Boyce F. Martin Jr., 80, American judge.
Lacy Neff, 49, American radio presenter, amyloidosis.
Grigore Obreja, 48, Romanian sprint canoeist, world champion (1994).
Kosit Panpiemras, 73, Thai banker (Bangkok Bank), cancer.
Dalpat Singh Paraste, 66, Indian politician, MP for Shahdol (2004-2009), brain hemorrhage.
John Taylor, 87, British Anglican bishop and theologian.
Wang Jui, 85, Taiwanese actor, Golden Bell winner (1991, 1997, 2014).
Alan Wise, 63, British record producer.

5/31
Mohamed Abdelaziz, 68, Sahrawi politician, President (since 1976), lung cancer.
Jules Browde, 97, South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist.
James Campbell, 81, English historian.
Chen Wei-chau (zh), 61-62, Taiwanese businessman (TransAsia Airways), heart attack.
Jan Crouch, 78, American televangelist and broadcasting executive (Trinity Broadcasting Network), complications from a stroke.
Antonio Imbert Barrera, 95, Dominican politician, President (1965).
Carla Lane, 87, English television writer (The Liver Birds, Butterflies, Bread).
Rupert Neudeck, 77, German journalist and humanitarian (Cap Anamur).
Rudra Madhab Ray, 79, Indian politician, kidney disease.
David Tod Roy, 83, American sinologist and translator (Jin Ping Mei).
Steve Szkotak, 65, American journalist (Associated Press), cancer.

5/30
Jimmy Borges, 80, American jazz singer, cancer.
Boniface Choi Ki-San, 68, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Incheon (since 2002).
Thomas Fekete, 27, American guitarist (Surfer Blood), cancer.
Javare Gowda, 100, Indian writer, heart failure.
C. Michael Harper, 88, American executive (ConAgra Foods).
Tom Lysiak, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, national team), leukemia.
Rick MacLeish, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers).

5/29
Alan Devereux, 75, British actor (The Archers).
Kenne Fant, 93, Swedish actor, director and author, President of Svensk Filmindustri (1963-1980).
T. Marshall Hahn, 89, American academic administrator, President of Virginia Tech (1962-1974).
Ralph Ketner, 95, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Food Lion, colon cancer.
Mathew Mattam, 65, Indian Malayalam author.
Don McNay, 57, American financial author.
K. P. Noorudeen, 77, Indian politician, cerebral hemorrhage.
Berrick Saul, 91, British economist and academic administrator.
Tien Chih-hsuan (zh), 56, Taiwanese politician, mayor of Hualien (since 2014), lung cancer.

5/28
Giorgio Albertazzi, 92, Italian actor (Last Year at Marienbad) and film director.
Stanley Burke, 93, Canadian television journalist (The National News).
David Cañada, 41, Spanish cyclist, race collision.
Suresh Chatwal, Indian actor (F.I.R.).
Bryce Dejean-Jones, 23, American basketball player (New Orleans Pelicans), shot.
Peter DeTroy, 68, American attorney.
M. Brendan Fleming, 90, American politician, Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (1982-1984).
Harambe, 17, American-bred gorilla, shot.
Marion Lambert, 73, Belgian-born Swiss art collector.
Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, 89, British barrister and life peer.
Will Nicholson, Jr., 87, American golf executive, President of the United States Golf Association (1980-1981).
Edward O'Hara, 78, British politician, MP for Knowsley South (1990-2010).
Krystian Rempala (pl), 18, Polish motorcycle racer, race collision.
Devarakonda Vittal Rao, 68, Indian politician.