24 August 2025<\/time>\n <\/p>\nThe Sopranos actor Jerry Adler has died at the age of 96.<\/p>\n
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Jerry Adler has died aged 96<\/p>\n
The passing of the star – who was best known for his role as Herman ‘Hesh’ Rabkin in the acclaimed HBO drama – was announced on social media on Saturday (23.08.25) by his friend Frank J. Reilly.<\/p>\n
Reilly posted on X: “The great actor, my friend Jerry Adler, died today at the age of 96.<\/p>\n
“You know him from one of his iconic roles, which he had from many of his guest appearances. Not bad for a guy who didn’t start acting until he was 65.”<\/p>\n
Adler also starred as Howard Lyman in drama series The Good Wife and spin-off The Good Fight and as the New York fire chief Sidney Feinberg in the FX series Rescue Me.<\/p>\n
\nJerry was the cousin of the legendary acting teacher Stella Adler and spent much of his career working in theatre.<\/p>\n
\nThe New York native was a part of more than 50 Broadway productions and worked as the stage manager on the original stage production of My Fair Lady in 1956 – which starred a young Julie Andrews.<\/p>\n
\nHe took up acting later in life and appeared in films such as Woody Allen’s Manhattan Murder Mystery and alongside Joe Pesci in The Public Eye.<\/p>\n
\nJerry gained popularity following his acting career and spoke of how life changed after taking up the profession in his 60s.<\/p>\n
\nHe said in a 2017 interview: “You spend your whole career backstage. <\/p>\n
\n“Nobody knows who you are or even knows your name. They don’t know anything about you. <\/p>\n
\n“And then you do a television show and suddenly you’re a celebrity and everyone knows your face. It’s so weird.”<\/p>\n
\nJerry’s Sopranos alter ego Hesh was a Jewish loan shark and a trusted advisor to Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) – and the actor explained how he defied doctor’s orders to accept the part as he had to have an operation at the time.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: “I was stricken with terrible stomach pains and went to my doctor in New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital. I wound up with gastric problems and required an operation.”<\/p>\n
\nAdler left the hospital the night before he was due to appear on set against medical advice and promptly returned after filming his scenes in order to continue his recovery.<\/p>\n
\nThe actor is survived by his wife, psychologicist Joan Laxman, whom he had been married to since 1994.<\/p>\n
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