Charley Scalies: The Sopranos and The Wire actor dies at 84 after battle with Alzheimers Disease
Charley Scalies, best known for his roles in The Wire and The Sopranos, has died at 84.
Scalies died in a nursing facility in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania after a “long battle” with Alzheimers disease according to his daughter, Anne Marie Scalies.
His online obituary disclosed that Scalies had “passed away peacefully”.
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The Wire writer Rafael Alvarez left a touching message on a virtual tribute wall for Scalies’ children.
“I became instant friends with your Dad when I sat down next to him at lunch on the first day of shooting Season Two of The Wire,” Alvarez wrote.
“In time he became a member of my family. Miss you, Horse.”
Scalies is survived by his wife of 62 years — “the true love and joy of his life” — Angeline Scalies, as well as his five children and four grandchildren.
Originally published on PerthNow
