Deaths
Danny Aiello
NEW YORK (AP) — Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose career playing tough guys included roles in “Fort Apache, the Bronx,” “Moonstruck” and “Once Upon a Time in America” has died. He was 86.
Aiello died Thursday night after a brief illness.
In a tweet, Cher mourned the man she called “a genius comedic actor.” The two had starred in “Moonstruck” and she called it “one of the happiest times in my life.”