James Gandolfini’s 13-year-old son summoned help after his father collapsed in an Italian hotel room.
The Sopranos actor died yesterday at the age of 51 of a suspected heart attack. He was on a ‘boys trip’ with his 13-year-old son Michael when he was taken ill.
Michael discovered his father collapsed in the bathroom at their hotel at around 10pm, the establishment’s manager Antonio D’amore told NBC News.
He immediately summoned help and staff at the five-star Boscolo Exedra hotel in Rome found the star on the floor in the bathroom. They worked hard to resuscitate him and when the ambulance arrived he was still alive.
Gandolfini was pronounced dead at 11 p.m. Wednesday in Rome after being taken by ambulance to the Policlinic Umberto I hospital.
Dr. Claudio Modini, head of the hospital emergency room, said Gandolfini arrived at the hospital at 10:40 pm
