Los Angeles: Frank Albanese, who played Tony Soprano's uncle, the retired mobster Pat Blundetto, on 'The Sopranos', has died. He was 84.

Frank Albanese, who appeared in 1990s 'Goodfellas' and in uncredited roles in two of the three 'Godfather' films, died on Monday at a Staten Island hospice facility in New York. A hard-hitting heavyweight boxer, Albanese had to give up the sport at the age of 19 after he suffered a brain injury.