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Updated Wednesday, February 21, 2024-10:00
Tony Ganios
, the actor who played the role of
Anthony 'Meat' Tuperello
in the
'Porky's' films
, has died at the age of 64,
according to international media such as People magazine, among others.
His partner, Amanda Serrano-Ganios, was in charge of announcing his death through X (formerly Twitter). "The last words we said to each other were I love you. Love is a euphemism. You are everything to me. My heart, my soul and my best friend," he said in a post that accumulated dozens of condolence messages. for the death of the actor.
According to the aforementioned media, Ganios, of Greek origin, died on Sunday morning after surgery he underwent for a spinal infection. His wife has said that everything happened "very quickly" so it seems "unreal" to her. "He wasn't feeling well and hid it from me for days. When he finally told me and they took him to the hospital, his spinal cord was severely infected. They operated on him and the next morning his heart stopped," Amanda announced.
Ganios made his film debut in the 1979 film 'The Wanderers' and later participated in Porky's and Porky's II. He later participated in other productions, the last one, in 1993, the film Rising Sun. In addition, he had roles in television series such as Wiseguy or The Equalizer.