John Aprea, one of many stars of “The Godfather Part II” and “Full House,” is lifeless of pure causes … TMZ has discovered.
His supervisor Will Levine tells us … the actor handed away on August 7, at his dwelling in Los Angeles, with members of the family by his facet.
John referred to as his function as younger Salvatore Tessio his biggest profession achievement. He had initially auditioned to be Michael Corleone within the OG ‘Godfather,’ which after all went to Al Pacino. However, Francis Ford Coppola referred to as again Aprea for the 1974 sequel.
John’s profitable profession really began with one other basic, as he made his performing debut in 1968 in Steve McQueen‘s “Bullitt.”
Within the ’80s and ’90s he appeared on a number of TV reveals, together with “Knots Landing,” “Falcon Crest,” “The Gangster Chronicles” and “Full House” — how’s that for vary?!
Aprea performed Nick Katsopolis, the daddy of John Stamos‘ Uncle Jesse character — and he returned in that function for the reboot, “Fuller House.”
He had a few stints in Daytime TV, too, showing on “Another World” for a number of years in 2 totally different roles.
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His good friend and former “Knots Landing” costar Paul Carafotes posted a touching tribute to Aprea, saying “Many will miss this man.”
John was 83.
RIP
