{"id":117423,"date":"2024-01-01T07:14:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T07:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/01\/mean-streets-star-richard-romanus-dead-at-80\/"},"modified":"2024-01-01T07:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T07:14:21","slug":"mean-streets-star-richard-romanus-dead-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/01\/mean-streets-star-richard-romanus-dead-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Mean Streets’ Star Richard Romanus Dead at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ad_1]
\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n
\n

\"\"\/\n <\/div>\n

<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Richard Romanus<\/strong> — well-known from his memorable function in “Mean Streets” — has died.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

The actor’s son, Robert<\/strong>, broke the unhappy information this weekend, telling THR his father had handed away Dec. 23 at a non-public hospital in Volos, Greece. The actual circumstances of his dying stay unclear, and an official trigger has but to be introduced.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Romanus hadn’t acted in a lot because the early 2000s, together with his final credited function being in Disney’s “The Young Black Stallion” from 2003. Still, his profession was noteworthy … particularly his flip because the villain in one in every of Scorsese<\/strong><\/a>‘s first movies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Of course, he performed Michael the mortgage shark in ‘MS’ … his character grows impatient with Robert De Niro<\/strong><\/a>‘s Johnny Boy after consistently ducking\/dodging him on a fats debt owed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Fans may also keep in mind him for enjoying Richard La Penna in a couple of episodes of “The Sopranos” … to not point out roles in different large exhibits like “Tenspeed and Brown Shoe,” “Foul Play,” “Strike Force,” “Hill Street Blues,” “The A-Team,” “Cagney & Lacey,” “Johnny Bago” and extra.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Outside of “Mean Streets,” Romanus’ film credit embody … “Wizards,” “Sitting Ducks,” “Heavy Metal,” “Pandemonium,” “Strangers Kiss,” “Protocol,” “Murphy’s Law,” “Oscar” and plenty of others.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

He’s survived by his son, his spouse and his well-known youthful brother, Robert<\/strong>. Romanus was 80.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

RIP<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

<\/p><\/div>\n

[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[ad_1] Richard Romanus — well-known from his memorable function in “Mean Streets” — has died. The actor’s son, Robert, broke the unhappy information this weekend, telling THR his father had handed away Dec. 23 at a non-public hospital in Volos, Greece. The actual circumstances of his dying stay unclear, and an official trigger has but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-117423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}