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The Green Book household is mourning the nonaccomplishment of a formed member.

Frank Vallelonga, who appeared successful the Oscar-winning movie based connected his precocious begetter Tony Lip's clip arsenic a bodyguard and operator successful the 1960s, was recovered dormant successful New York, successful the aboriginal hours of Nov. 28. He was 60.

According to a connection E! News received from the New York Police Department, Vallelonga was recovered unconscious connected a thoroughfare successful the Bronx with nary evident signs of trauma. EMS was not capable to revive him and helium was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. His origin of decease has not yet been revealed.

The NYPD identified and arrested 35-year-old Steven Smith connected charges of concealment of a quality corpse related to Vallelonga's death. He is acceptable to beryllium arraigned connected Jan 11.

Vallelonga started his acting vocation successful the mid 1990s with tiny roles in A Brilliant Disguise and In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King—both of which were written by his brother, Green Book co-writer and producer Nick Vallelonga. He besides had a tiny relation successful The Sopranos alongside his father, who played mob boss Carmine Lupertazzi.