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Sorvino, also known for portraying police
sergeant Phil Cerreta on TV series "Law & Order" in the 1990s,
worked in film and television and on stage for more than 50
years.
He died at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, of natural
causes, the spokesperson said.
"I am completely devastated. The love of my life & the most
wonderful man who has ever lived is gone. I am heartbroken," his
wife, Dee Dee Sorvino, wrote on Twitter.
Born in Brooklyn in 1939, Sorvino studied music and originally
wanted to become an opera singer before he turned to acting.
His long career included roles in Broadway play "That
Championship Season" and a 1982 film adaptation. Other movie
credits included "Dick Tracy," "Reds" and "Nixon," in which he
played Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Martin Scorsese tapped Sorvino at age 50 to play Cicero, a quiet
but formidable character based on the real-life mobster Paul
Vario, in 1990's "Goodfellas."
Sorvino had three children, including actor Mira Sorvino, who
thanked her father when she accepted her Academy Award for 1995
film "Mighty Aphrodite."
"He has taught me everything I know about acting," she said at
the time as he looked on from the audience and broke into tears.
On Monday, Mira Sorvino said "my heart is rent asunder" by her
father's death.
"A life of love and joy and wisdom with him is over," she wrote
on Twitter. "He was the most wonderful father. I love him so
much. I’m sending you love in the stars Dad as you ascend."
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles; Reporting by Shivam
Patel in Bengaluru; Editing by Marguerita Choy and Matthew
Lewis)
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