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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Aida Turturro<\/strong>, who starred as Janice Soprano on the famed HBO series The Sopranos<\/em><\/strong>, is revealing that she could have died due to ignoring symptoms of a heart attack.<\/p>\n The 63-year-old actress made an appearance on the \u201cMeSsy<\/a>\u201d podcast, where she told her co-star Jamie-Lynn Sigler<\/strong> and co-host Christina Applegate<\/strong> about what happened.<\/p>\n She recalled, \u201cI was having chest pains for a while, but a hiatal hernia can imitate it [a heart attack.] My friend\u2019s like, \u2018Should we call the ambulance?\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018Nah, I\u2019m fine.\u2019 I get in my car, I walk to my house \u2026 my cousin gave me his doctor\u2019s number, his doctor answered and he\u2019s like \u2026 \u2018It sounds like you might need to go to a cardiologist.\u2019 I go to the doctor, [an] amazing doctor, and he\u2019s like, \u2018Yeah, you had a heart attack.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n She was then told she had around 90% blockage and was rushed to the hospital! She ended up having an emergency quadruple bypass surgery.<\/p>\n \u201cI could\u2019ve died, I should\u2019ve died then, but I didn\u2019t,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m blessed with beautiful people in my life. It\u2019s all in your brain. I learned my lessons, you have to take care of yourself. We can always do better but it\u2019s really about, don\u2019t do nothing. You can\u2019t help your kids, you can\u2019t help your family if you don\u2019t do you. Get everybody involved [because] this is a priority. This is our life, we\u2019re doing this together,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n She also noted she has now lost 80 pounds due to a change in diet and increase in exercise.<\/p>\n Posted To:Aida Turturro<\/a> The Sopranos<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n