'Goodfellas' actor, father of Mira, Paul Sorvino dies at 83

"Law & Order" star Paul Sorvino, whose daughter is Academy Award-winning actor Mira Sorvino, died of natural causes.
n his over 50 years in the entertainment business, Paul Sorvino was a mainstay in films and television, playing an Italian American communist in Warren Beatty's "Reds," Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone's "Nixon" and mob boss Eddie Valentine in "The Rocketeer."

He would often say that while he might be best known for playing gangsters, his real passions were poetry, painting and opera.