Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino and other members of “The Godfather” family paid tribute to James Caan following his death at age 82.
The New York-born Caan, who portrayed the hotheaded Sonny Corleone in the classic 1972 mobster movie, died Wednesday. A cause of death has not been released.
“Jimmy was my fictional brother and my lifelong friend,” Pacino, who starred as Sonny’s brother Michael Corleone, said in a statement Thursday. “It’s hard to believe that he won’t be in the world anymore because he was so alive and daring. A great actor, a brilliant director and my dear friend. I’m gonna miss him.”
