Actor Abe Vigoda smiles as he attends the Friars Club Roast of Betty White in New York May 16, 2012. (Photo: Reuters)
Actor Abe Vigoda, who is known for his role in “The Godfather” and as detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series “Barney Miller,” died Tuesday at 94.
According to his daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, he died Tuesday morning in his sleep. He had been staying at Fuchs’ home in Woodland Park, New Jersey. She said the cause of death was old age.
“This man was never sick,” Fuchs said.
