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'Goodfellas' Actor Frank Adonis Has Died

December 28, 2018 / 9:16 AM EST / CBS Detroit

LAS VEGAS (AP) — "Goodfellas', 'Raging Bull' and 'Casino' actor Frank Adonis has died at 83.

His wife, Denise, told TMZ and Fox News that he died Wednesday in Las Vegas after several years of illness, mostly from kidney problems. She said he'd been on dialysis and was on a ventilator for nine days but they waited until after Christmas to take him off it.

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: (L-R) Writer Nicholas Pileggi, actors Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Robert De Niro, Paul Sorvino and host Jon Stewart attend the closing night screening of "Goodfellas" during the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival at Beacon Theatre on April 25, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival)

Adonis, who was born in Brooklyn, also appeared in numerous other movies including "Wall Street," ''True Romance" and "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective." He had some 40 credits to his name, and his most recent role was in 2017 in "Proximity to Power."

The boxing gloves and shorts used in the film "Raging Bull" (1980) are on display at the Martin Scorsese exhibition at the Deutsche Kinemathek, Museum for Film and Television in Berlin, Germany on January 9, 2013. The museum opens from January 10 to May 12, 2013 what it calls the first exhibition worldwide dedicated to the work of veteran US film-maker Martin Scorsese, who made his vast archive available for the show. A FP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)

He's survived by his wife and their two children, and another daughter from an earlier marriage.

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