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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.”

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