Actor Danny Aiello dead at age 86

Danny Aiello, who is known to be a veteran stage and film actor associated with his roles in Spike Lee's "Make the best choice" and Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo," has actually kicked the bucket at a New Jersey medical focus at age 86, his literary agent disclosed to Fox News on Friday.

Aiello, who earned an Academy Award nomination for playing Sal the pizza fellow in Lee's 1989 movie, passed on while being treated for a sudden illness, according to TMZ, which first revealed the news of his death.