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    Raymond Sharkey Jr. (November 14, 1952 – June 11, 1993) was an American stage, film and television actor. His most notable film role was Vincent Vacarri in the 1980 film The Idolmaker, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He is also known for his role as Sonny Steelgrave in the ...

  2. Jun 13, 1993 · Ray Sharkey, a television and film actor whose portrayals of rough-hewn and emotionally vulnerable tough guys won wide acclaim, but whose personal life descended into a nightmare of drug and ...

  3. RAY SHARKEY was a solid actor, with both enough individuality and looks for stardom, but it eluded him. He made his movie debut in 1974 in The Lords of Flatbush, one of several movies of the time ...

  4. Feb 8, 2013 · Ray Sharkey proved once again that he was the real deal in the made-for-television movie, The Ordeal of Bill Carney, were he played a man paralyzed from the neck down trying to be a single father, as well as probably his most famous role - the gangster, Sonny Steelgrave, in the television hit, Wiseguy. It was his reckless reputation, though ...

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  5. Jun 14, 1993 · LOS ANGELES -- Ray Sharkey, 40, the hard-living actor who starred as a crime boss in the television series "Wiseguy," died June 11 at a hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y. He had AIDS. He had been in ...

  6. Jun 13, 1993 · NEW YORK -- Tough-guy actor Ray Sharkey who starred in the late 1980s television series 'Wiseguys' has died at 41 of AIDS. Robert Walsh, a spokesman for Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, said ...

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  8. Jun 13, 1993 · Ray Sharkey, the hard-living actor who starred as a crime boss in the television series “Wiseguy,” died of the complications of AIDS, his manager said Saturday. He was 40.