{"id":682,"date":"2016-01-26T16:43:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T21:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=682"},"modified":"2016-01-28T17:47:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T22:47:22","slug":"actor-abe-vigoda-dead-at-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/26\/actor-abe-vigoda-dead-at-94\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Abe Vigoda Dead at 94"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-678\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-678\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_tessio_godfather.jpg\" alt=\"Abe Vigoda plays Tessio in Mario Puzo's THE GODFATHER from Paramount Pictures (1972)\" width=\"700\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_tessio_godfather.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_tessio_godfather-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abe Vigoda plays Tessio in Mario Puzo&#8217;s THE GODFATHER from Paramount Pictures (1972)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_671\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-671\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-671\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_1977-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Abe Vigoda, known for: &quot;Barney Miller,&quot; &quot;Fish,&quot; &quot;The Godfather&quot; movies and Neil Simon's &quot;The Cheap Detective.&quot; Circa 1977\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_1977-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_1977.jpg 687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actor Abe Vigoda, known for: &#8220;Barney Miller,&#8221; &#8220;Fish,&#8221; &#8220;The Godfather&#8221; movies and Neil Simon&#8217;s &#8220;The Cheap Detective.&#8221; Circa 1977<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Actor Abe Vigoda, who played the dyspeptic Detective Phil Fish in the television sitcom \u201c<em>Barney Miller<\/em>\u201d and Mafia lieutenant Sal Tessio in the original \u201c<em>Godfather<\/em>\u201d movie, died Tuesday, according to his manager, Sid Craig. He was 94 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Vigoda passed away at the New Jersey home of his daughter, Carol.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2481482122\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Though Vigoda achieved a good bit of fame from his 1970s \u201c<em>Godfather<\/em>\u201d role, his years on \u201c<em>Barney Miller<\/em>\u201d and the short-lived spinoff \u201cFish,\u201d he arguably became best known for being alive despite reports of his premature demise.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1980s, People magazine referred to Vigoda as &#8220;the late Abe Vigoda&#8221; in a story, leading to the belief by many that he was dead.<\/p>\n<p>As the story goes, he didn\u2019t attend a 1982 \u201c<em>Barney Miller<\/em>\u201d wrap party because he was doing a play in Canada. He was 60 at the time and very much not dead. But a People magazine writer assumed he wasn\u2019t there because he was dead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-669\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-669\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fish_happy_days_tv_guide-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"ABC Annonces the debut of &quot;FISH&quot; in TV Guide February 5 1977\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fish_happy_days_tv_guide-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fish_happy_days_tv_guide-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fish_happy_days_tv_guide.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC Annonces the debut of &#8220;FISH&#8221; in TV Guide February 5 1977<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>People magazine acknowledged their mistake and awarded itself the Mark Twain Exaggerated Death Award \u201cfor announcing the demise of \u2018<em>Barney Miller<\/em>\u2019s\u2019 Abe Vigoda before his time,\u201d months after the article was published, but it was too late. The actor would later say he lost out on some parts because casting agents thought he was dead. He even placed ads in Hollywood trade papers with him in a coffin to remind casting agents he was alive.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2230622635\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The same mistake was made in 1987 when a reporter for television station WWOR, Channel 9 in Secaucus, New Jersey, mistakenly referred to him as &#8220;the late Abe Vigoda&#8221;. She realized and corrected her mistake the next day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbe was responsible for as much of the success of \u2018<em>Barney Miller<\/em>\u2019 as I was \u2014 easily. More so than me,\u201d Linden told CNN. \u201cWe all owe a great debt of gratitude to a fine character actor who created a very memorable character that will go on and on, with all the re-runs. Thank God people will get to see what Abe did.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-668\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-668\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_look_whos_talking-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"Abe Vigoda with Jason Schaller in LOOK WHO'S TALKING (1989) TriStar Pictures\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_look_whos_talking-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_look_whos_talking.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abe Vigoda with Jason Schaller in LOOK WHO&#8217;S TALKING (1989) TriStar Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vigoda was nominated for three Emmy awards for his performance as Fish. In contrast to the very fit Vigoda, a dedicated handball player and jogger, Detective Fish complained about his aches, his pains, his bladder problems and hemorrhoids, always seeming on the verge of death. Fans assumed he had the same ailments, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was sitting in a restaurant,\u201d he told the Washington Post in 1977, \u201cwhen this young lady came up and asked for my autograph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen she said, \u2018I hope your hemorrhoids aren\u2019t bothering you too much.\u2019 She was very serious. I said, \u2018You must be joking.\u2019 She said, \u2018No, I\u2019m not. I just don\u2019t want you to worry about it because I have them, too.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only his character was plagued by hemorrhoids, Vigoda told her, but he said she didn\u2019t believe him.<\/p>\n<p>Vigoda always looked older than he actully was. In 1969 he played silversmith Ezra Braithwaite on Dark Shadows, and returned in the next episode to play the same character 70 years older.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-672\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-672\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/florence_stanley_abe_vigoda-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Abe Vigoda, as the dyspepotic Det. Phil Fish and Florence Stanley as his cheerful wife, Bernice, have undertaken to be &quot;house parents&quot; to a brood of disadvantaged youngsters in a shabby New York group home on the ABC comedy series, &quot;Fish,&quot; which airs on Saturdays at 8:30PM\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/florence_stanley_abe_vigoda-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/florence_stanley_abe_vigoda.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abe Vigoda, as the dyspepotic Det. Phil Fish and Florence Stanley as his cheerful wife, Bernice, have undertaken to be &#8220;house parents&#8221; to a brood of disadvantaged youngsters in a shabby New York group home on the ABC comedy series, &#8220;Fish,&#8221; which airs on Saturdays at 8:30PM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1997, Vigoda appeared in the film <em>Good Burger<\/em> as the character Otis, a restaurant&#8217;s French fry man. Several jokes were made about his advanced age, including his character Otis saying &#8220;I should&#8217;ve died years ago.&#8221; That same year he was shopping at Bloomingdale&#8217;s in Manhattan when the salesman remarked, &#8220;You look like Abe Vigoda. But you can&#8217;t be Abe Vigoda because he&#8217;s dead.&#8221; A <em>Late Night with David Letterman<\/em> skit showed Letterman trying to summon Vigoda&#8217;s ghost, but Vigoda walked in and declared, &#8220;I&#8217;m not dead yet, you pinhead!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At a New York Friars Club roast of Rob Reiner which Vigoda attended, comedian Billy Crystal wise-cracked, &#8220;I have nothing to say about Abe. I was always taught to speak well of the dead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In May 2001, a website was mounted with only one purpose: to report whether Vigoda was dead or alive. In 2005, a &#8220;tongue-in-cheek&#8221; Firefox extension was released with the sole purpose of telling the browser user Vigoda&#8217;s status.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing with the gag, Vigoda appeared frequently to make fun of his status on the television show Late Night with Conan O&#8217;Brien, including a guest appearance on the show&#8217;s final episode.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1998 New York Friars Club roast of Drew Carey, with Vigoda in the audience, comedian Jeff Ross joked, &#8220;my one regret is that Abe Vigoda isn&#8217;t alive to see this&#8221;. He followed that with &#8220;Drew, you go to Vegas; what&#8217;s the over\u2013under on Abe Vigoda?&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-670\" style=\"width: 239px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-670\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hal_linden_abe_vigoda-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hal Linden and Abe Vigoda on ABC's BARNEY MILLER\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hal_linden_abe_vigoda-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hal_linden_abe_vigoda-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hal_linden_abe_vigoda-817x1024.jpg 817w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hal_linden_abe_vigoda.jpg 1276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hal Linden and Abe Vigoda on ABC&#8217;s BARNEY MILLER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On January 23, 2009, Vigoda appeared live on The Today Show. He said he was doing well, joked about previous reports of his death and announced he had just completed a voice-over for an H&amp;R Block commercial to air during the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Vigoda and Betty White, both 88 years old at the time, appeared in &#8220;Game&#8221;, a Snickers commercial that debuted during Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010. The plot made fun of the advanced age of the actors. The Super Bowl Ad Meter poll respondents rated the ad the highest of any shown during the game.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime radio and podcast host Don Geronimo frequently called Vigoda on-air whenever a big name celebrity died, which Vigoda took with obliging good humor. On the day following Vigoda&#8217;s death, Geronimo dedicated his daily subscription podcast to the memory of his friend and played many sound board\/phone clips of their conversations over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Vigoda was married to Beatrice Schy from February 25, 1968, until her death on April 30, 1992. He had one daughter, Carol, with his first wife, Sonja Gohlke.<\/p>\n<p>Vigoda enjoyed playing handball, and stated in an interview that he was &#8220;almost&#8221; a champion at the game in his youth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-680\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-680 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_hal_linden-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"Barney Miller's Hal Linden &amp; Abe Vigoda (1975)\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_hal_linden-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_hal_linden-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_hal_linden.jpg 811w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barney Miller&#8217;s Hal Linden &amp; Abe Vigoda (1975)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-679\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-679 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_florence_stanley-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"Abe Vigoda and Florence Stanley star in the ABC comedy &quot;Fish&quot; (1977)\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_florence_stanley-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_florence_stanley-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_florence_stanley-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_florence_stanley.jpg 1495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abe Vigoda and Florence Stanley star in the ABC comedy &#8220;Fish&#8221; (1977)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-677\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-677 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_undercover_fish-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"Fish goes undercover on BARNEY MILLER. Florence Stanley as Bernice, Abe Vigoda as Det. Phil Fish\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_undercover_fish-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_undercover_fish.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fish goes undercover on BARNEY MILLER. Florence Stanley as Bernice, Abe Vigoda as Det. Phil Fish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-676\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-676 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fish-tv-abc-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Mike (Lenny Bari), Fish, (Abe Vigoda), Jilly (Denise Miller), Loomis (Todd Bridges), and Diane (Sarah Natoli) on the set of FISH &quot;Power Play&quot; airs Saturday, February 12 1977 at 8:30PM on ABC\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fish-tv-abc-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fish-tv-abc.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Mike (Lenny Bari), Fish, (Abe Vigoda), Jilly (Denise Miller), Loomis (Todd Bridges), and Diane (Sarah Natoli) on the set of FISH &#8220;Power Play&#8221; airs Saturday, February 12 1977 at 8:30PM on ABC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-675\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-675\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/barney_miller_hal_linden-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"Hal Linden, Max Gail and Abe Vigoda on ABC's BARNEY MILLER\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/barney_miller_hal_linden-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/barney_miller_hal_linden-768x665.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/barney_miller_hal_linden.jpg 1012w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hal Linden, Max Gail and Abe Vigoda on ABC&#8217;s BARNEY MILLER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-673\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-673\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"Abe Vigoda\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda-768x1005.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abe Vigoda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-667\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-667 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_in_the_cheap_detective-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"Abe Vigoda as Sgt. Rizzuto in Neil Simon's &quot;The Cheap Detective&quot; (1978)\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_in_the_cheap_detective-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_in_the_cheap_detective-768x945.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_in_the_cheap_detective-832x1024.jpg 832w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/abe_vigoda_in_the_cheap_detective.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abe Vigoda as Sgt. Rizzuto in Neil Simon&#8217;s &#8220;The Cheap Detective&#8221; (1978)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[wpdevart_youtube width=&#8221;640&#8243; height=&#8221;385&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;0&#8243; theme=&#8221;dark&#8221; loop_video=&#8221;0&#8243; enable_fullscreen=&#8221;1&#8243; show_related=&#8221;0&#8243; show_popup=&#8221;0&#8243; thumb_popup_width=&#8221;213&#8243; thumb_popup_height=&#8221;128&#8243; show_title=&#8221;0&#8243; show_youtube_icon=&#8221;0&#8243; show_annotations=&#8221;1&#8243; show_progress_bar_color=&#8221;red&#8221; autohide_parameters=&#8221;1&#8243; set_initial_volume=&#8221;false&#8221; initial_volume=&#8221;100&#8243; disable_keyboard=&#8221;0&#8243;]0a7Frk5njyY[\/wpdevart_youtube]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Abe Vigoda, who played the dyspeptic Detective Phil Fish in the television sitcom \u201cBarney Miller\u201d and Mafia lieutenant Sal Tessio in the original \u201cGodfather\u201d movie, died Tuesday, according to his manager, Sid Craig. He was 94 years old. Vigoda passed away at the New Jersey home of his daughter, Carol. 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