'The Marvelous Mrs Maisel' actor Brian Tarantina dead at 60

Brian Tarantina, best kwn for his role in " Marvelous Mrs Maisel", has passed away at of 60. actor, who played Jackie, emcee at Gaslight comedy club where Rachel Brosnahan's Midge performs in Amazon series, died Saturday. A spokesperson with New York Police Department confirmed to Deline that officers received a call at about 12.40 am on Saturday morning about an unconscious person in a Manhattan apartment.

When authorities arrived at scene, y discovered Tarantina lying on his couch, and emergency medical services responded and officially prounced him de. New York City medical examiner's office will determine his official cause of death.

"Brian h been ill lately. He was recently in hospital and was in process of recuperating from what I believe to be a heart-related issue," a representative for Tarantina told publication.
 

According to TMZ, Tarantina's niece found him near a white powder substance that is allegedly believed to be narcotics. publication reported actor died of an apparent drug overdose. Amy Sherman-Palli and Daniel Palli, " Marvelous Mrs Maisel" writer-director duo, issued a joint statement saying y will "forever miss" actor.

"For over twenty five years, Brian Tarantina has been in our lives. He was in Amy's first pilot. And he's been in every significant thing we've done since.
 

"He came in with that voice and that timing and he me every scene better. And weirder. Every moment was completely unique. You can't describe a guy like Brian, you just h to be re. And lucky for us, we were. We love him and will forever miss him," statement re. official Twitter account of Amazon show also paid tributes to Tarantina.

" Gaslight won't be same without you. Thank you Brian Tarantina for sharing in all of laughs. Sending love to his family and friends in this difficult time," post re.
 

Tarantina was also kwn for his roles in shows such as "Gilmore Girls" and " Black Donnellys". He also starred in "Heroes", "Law & Order" and " Good Wife". His movie credits include "Jacob's Lder", "Donnie Brasco", "Uncle Buck" and "Summer of Sam". He most recently featured in this year's " Kitchen", with Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Hdish.