Robert Joseph Pastorelli (June 21, 1954 â€" March 8, 2004) was an
American actor.Having acquired a reputation as a skilled character
actor in the 1980s and 1990s, Pastorelli's career went into decline
after the death of his girlfriend under mysterious circumstances at
his home in 1999. He died of a narcotic overdose in 2004.Pastorelli
was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of Ledo Pastorelli
(1918-2008), an insurance salesman and Dotty, an artist. His sister,
Gwen Pastorelli, is an opera singer and a real estate agent.He spent
his childhood years in Edison, New Jersey, graduating from Edison High
School in 1972. He initially intended a career as a professional
boxer, but had to abandon the sport due to injuries sustained in a
near-fatal high-speed car crash at the age of 19 (he later claimed
that he had a "near death" incident at this time, and that he had
experienced himself looking down from above upon his body in the
hospital bed with his father at the bedside overcome with grief). He
acquired a narcotic habit in his early twenties prior to his acting
career that he overcame, but he would relapse throughout his later
life.
American actor.Having acquired a reputation as a skilled character
actor in the 1980s and 1990s, Pastorelli's career went into decline
after the death of his girlfriend under mysterious circumstances at
his home in 1999. He died of a narcotic overdose in 2004.Pastorelli
was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of Ledo Pastorelli
(1918-2008), an insurance salesman and Dotty, an artist. His sister,
Gwen Pastorelli, is an opera singer and a real estate agent.He spent
his childhood years in Edison, New Jersey, graduating from Edison High
School in 1972. He initially intended a career as a professional
boxer, but had to abandon the sport due to injuries sustained in a
near-fatal high-speed car crash at the age of 19 (he later claimed
that he had a "near death" incident at this time, and that he had
experienced himself looking down from above upon his body in the
hospital bed with his father at the bedside overcome with grief). He
acquired a narcotic habit in his early twenties prior to his acting
career that he overcame, but he would relapse throughout his later
life.
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