# Fuck the Italian EMT who stole James Gandolfinis watch as he lay dying **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 23, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481 "2016-05-23T19:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/1 "2016-05-23T19:59:56Z")
A quick fuck you to the Italian EMT who stole James Gandolfinis Rolex as he lay dying in a hotel room in Rome. Hope someone whacks him. Ironic that the guys last name is Bevelaqua. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/2 "2016-05-23T20:37:26Z")
> **[Dying Gandolfini's Rolex Stolen by Paramedic: Officials](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sopranos-star-james-gandolfini-s-rolex-stolen-paramedic-officials-n575321)** > > A paramedic who rushed a dying James Gandolfini to hospital has been accused of being even more ruthless than Tony Soprano. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/3 "2016-05-23T20:39:44Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yna8bgTectg/hqdefault.jpg "The Sopranos- Matthew Bevilaqua Whacked") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yna8bgTectg) ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/4 "2016-05-23T21:40:49Z")
Ironic when one recalls Paulie stealing Big Pussā€™s watch after they whacked him on the boat. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/5 "2016-05-23T21:57:05Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Ironic when one recalls Paulie stealing Big Pussā€™s watch after they whacked him on the boat. Good call. I just finished rewatching the series. Christopher tells Tony more than once to watch his weight or he will die at 50 of aā€¦heart attack. ā˜¹ Gandolfini was a genius and left us lots of great work. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/6 "2016-05-23T22:27:02Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > ['Sopranos' Star James Gandolfini's Rolex Stolen by Paramedic: Officials](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sopranos-star-james-gandolfini-s-rolex-stolen-paramedic-officials-n575321) > [@](#): > > It is still unclear whether the watch vanished from Gandolfiniā€™s room in the Boscolo Exedra Hotel in Rome, Italy, or whether the actor was wearing it when he collapsed. If these are still unclear, then should resist naming suspects until they ARE clear. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/7 "2016-05-23T22:42:17Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > If these are still unclear, then should resist naming suspects until they ARE clear. The OP might also wish to refrain from wishing a murder on another for simple theft, too, even if it is finally proven that the EMT in question stole the watch. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/8 "2016-05-23T23:14:01Z")
Why? It would complete the ironic circle of events. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/9 "2016-05-24T01:09:10Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Ironic that the guys last name is Bevelaqua. šŸ˜ƒ Someone please explain? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/10 "2016-05-24T01:44:02Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > If these are still unclear, then should resist naming suspects until they ARE clear. Welcome to Italian law enforcement. See: Amanda Knox. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/11 "2016-05-24T02:14:43Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Someone please explain? Thatā€™s the same last name of a character on the Sopranos who gets wacked. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/12 "2016-05-24T03:04:25Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > If these are still unclear, then should resist naming suspects until they ARE clear. He is actually on trial. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/13 "2016-05-24T05:10:05Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Thatā€™s the same last name of a character on the Sopranos who gets wacked. Tante grazie. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/14 "2016-05-24T18:12:54Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Ironic that the guys last name is Bevelaqua. šŸ˜ƒ Bevelaqua pulled a Rudy Diaz? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/15 "2016-05-24T18:46:44Z")
Itā€™s not like he actually needs a watch when heā€™s dead, though, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/16 "2016-05-24T18:57:20Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Thatā€™s the same last name of a character on the Sopranos who gets wacked. Not only that, the actor that played him became involved in burglarizing houses and went to jail for second degree murder because his accomplice killed an off-duty police officer when he interrupted them. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/17 "2016-05-24T19:11:22Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The OP might also wish to refrain from wishing a murder on another for simple theft, too, even if it is finally proven that the EMT in question stole the watch. Easy, **Monty**. Gandolphini was most famous for playing a mob boss. ā€œWhackā€ is fucking fair game, paisan. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/18 "2016-05-24T19:59:35Z")
This reminds me of an old Victor Borge joke. Heā€™d hold up a watch and say very sincerely, ā€œMy grandfather gave me this watch on his deathbedā€¦(pause) for 20 bucks.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/19 "2016-05-24T20:12:59Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Tante grazie. E 'solo un assaggio di rispetto. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-italian-emt-who-stole-james-gandolfinis-watch-as-he-lay-dying/755481/20 "2016-05-24T20:24:43Z")
Being put on trial for a crime in Italy is not exactly devastating proof of guilt.