‘The Sopranos’ Star Jerry Adler Death on 96

Actor Jerry Adler – The best known for his roles in “The Sopranos”, “The Good Wife” and “Rescue Me” – has passed TMZ.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Jerry died on Friday evening in NYC … His cause of death was not released, although it could have been old age.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Jerry got a late start in his TV and film career and launched it in his 60s, although his cousin was Stella AdlerThe iconic acting teacher.

But when Jerry started, he landed a number of large TV parts, such as Herman Rabkin, the Consigliere to Mafia -Baas Tony Soprano -Famous by played by James Gandolfini On “The Sopranos.”

Jerry also faltered the role of lawyer Howard Lyman on “The Good Wife” and he played Sidney Feinberg, a chief of New York Fire Department Station at “Rescue Me”.

Maybe his most unbreaking role was in Woody Allen‘s Dark Comedy film,’ Manhattan Murder Mystery ‘, in which he played Paul House. House is a geriatric theater owner who kills his geriatric woman, so that he can drive into the sunset with his much younger sweetheart.

Jerry was 96.