Last Photos of James Gandolfini Emerge

Friday, 21 June 2013 | by Pat's Picks

The New York Daily News and the New York Post put the same photo of James Gandolfini on their front pages this morning, snapped hours before the actor’s death. Tourists who caught sight of Gandolfini eating at an Italian restaurant in the hours before his fatal heart attack say he looked happy and healthy and seemed to be enjoying himself.
The Post details his last meal, which included “two orders of fried king prawns slathered in mayonnaise chili sauce and a ‘large portion’ of foie gras.” He washed all that down with “four shots of rum, two pina coladas, and two beers.”

While the Post says he was spotted “looking haggard” in the days leading up to his death, the Daily News says he appeared happy and relaxed. They describe his last meal differently too, saying Gandolfini was tucking into a plate of homemade gnocchi; an autopsy will try and determine whether the actor’s “bulk or hard-partying past played any role in his sudden demise.”