Gandolfini's Last Meal Booze-Filled: Source

Actor said to have had 8 drinks
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 21, 2013 8:27 AM CDT
Updated Jun 21, 2013 10:59 AM CDT
Gandolfini's Last Meal Booze-Filled: Source
Actor James Gandolfini arrives at the Cinema for Peace benefit for the J/P Haitian Relief Organization in Beverly Hills, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012.   (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

James Gandolfini's autopsy was conducted today in Italy, and though no official word has been given, a hospital source tells Reuters it confirmed the actor's cause of death was a heart attack. An Italian official gives the same confirmation to CNN. Doctors will make the official announcement later today, after the US Embassy and Gandolfini's family are officially informed. Meanwhile, both the New York Post and the New York Daily News ran what are purported to be the last photos taken of Gandolfini, dining on Tuesday night in Rome. According to a Post source, his final meal, around 7pm on Wednesday, included at least eight alcoholic beverages: four shots of rum, two piña coladas, and two beers, plus two orders of fried king prawns and a lot of foie gras. (More James Gandolfini stories.)

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