# Late RIP:  Joe Viterelli--mafioso-at-large actor extraordinaire

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 26, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-rip-joe-viterelli-mafioso-at-large-actor-extraordinaire/247116 "2004-05-26T03:06:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-rip-joe-viterelli-mafioso-at-large-actor-extraordinaire/247116/1 "2004-05-26T03:06:29Z")

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Dying just a few days before his last “appearance,” in a Super Bowl commercial. Another one of those familiar faces that you don’t always know the name of. Don’t know how this one slipped under the radar:

[http://www.streetplay.com/back2bk/2000/photos/bk51s.jpg](http://www.streetplay.com/back2bk/2000/photos/bk51s.jpg)  
[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0899995/](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0899995/)

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**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-rip-joe-viterelli-mafioso-at-large-actor-extraordinaire/247116/2 "2004-05-26T12:53:08Z")

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Wow! I had no idea. Seen him in tonnes of things. For a guy who essentially only ever played one character, he sure got a lot of work.

Sad news.

thwartme