Green Book Actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. Cause Of Death Revealed!

Published on April 13, 2023 | Published By: Bruce Wayne | In Death

Source: Gulf News

Green Book actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. died in November on a sidewalk in the Bronx.
His cause of death was an accidental overdose of cocaine and fentanyl.

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Frank Vallelonga died of an accidental cocaine and fentanyl overdose

The reason for Frank Vallelonga Jr.’s death was finally out four months after his body was in the Bronx in New York City.

The body of the 60-year-old was found outside a sheet metal factory in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx on November 28, 2022, at around 4 am.

Although police found no signs of physical harm, the autopsy report from the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office revealed that his death was a result of a fatal combination of fentanyl and cocaine.

Vallelonga Jr.’s body was first seen outside of a sheet-metal factory. It led investigators to suspect that he died from a drug overdose, according to the New York Post.

Frank Vallelonga Jr in Green Book (Source: Daily Mail)

Also, read: Frank Vallelonga Jr dead: Green Book actor’s Mysteriously Dumped in the Street

suspect for his murder

Previously, police arrested Steven Smith, 35, concealing the actor’s body following his death.

NYPD officials claimed that Smith was seen in CCTV footage dumping the late actor’s body from a car and admitted to doing so during an unrelated police interrogation. However, he denied any involvement in Vallelonga Jr.’s passing.

He told the authorities:

“That dude was already dead. He overdosed. I didn’t have anything to do with that. Pam came up to me and said someone overdosed in the car. I went to the car and drove off. I can’t remember which way.”

He continued:

“I went to Barrett where I dropped the body. I got the body out by pulling him out of the car on the floor. I don’t know the guy at all.”

The New York Daily News reported that an arrest warrant was issued in January when Steven missed a court appearance in the Bronx. However, since then, the case remains a mystery.

Short Bio of Frank Vallelonga

The late Frank Vallelonga Jr. was the son of Frank Vallelonga Sr., who was famous as Tony Lip.

Tony Lip, his father was a bodyguard for Don Shirley, a black pianist, during a tour of the Southern United States in the early 1960s. This event inspired the Oscar-winning movie Green Book, in which Vallelonga Jr. played his uncle, Rudy Vallelonga.

Frank Vallelonga Jr and Viggo Mortensen (Source: New York Post)

Prior to his passing, the late actor also collaborated with his younger brother Nick Vallelonga, who wrote Green Book, on a film project called That’s Amore.

Vallelonga Jr. also had a few minor acting parts, including a role in an episode of The Sopranos.

His father, Vallelonga Sr., also had a career in acting and appeared in well-known productions like The Sopranos, where he played Carmine Lupertazzi.

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