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"The Sopranos" was not afraid to kill anyone off. Minor characters and major ones were equally in danger of being whacked at any time. Let's see how much you know about the character deaths in the HBO series.The magic number is 92.
There were 62 murders in "The Sopranos."
Paulie Walnuts is responsible for nine of the 62 murders. Tony Soprano and Christopher Moltisanti run a close second with eight each.
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Season five, with 1.4 deaths per episode, just beats out the sixth and final season, which has 1.3 per episode.
Christopher shoots a minor character named Emil Kolar in the pilot episode.
Tony, Silvio and Paulie all pull the trigger on Big Pussy.
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Tony does fantasize about killing his mother, but Livia dies of a stroke in the third season.
The character name might not be familiar, but the murder was certainly memorable. Tony is visiting colleges with Meadow when he takes a side trip to strangle Febby, who's in the witness protection program.
Johnny Sack dies of lung cancer while he's in prison.
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Bobby's wife, Karen, is killed in an off-camera car accident.
Janice shoots boyfriend Richie after he hits her.
Silvion takes FBI informant Adriana into the woods and shoots her.
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Tony Soprano shoots his cousin because he knows the New York family is coming after him.
Tony suffocates Christopher after they're in a car accident.
Tony beats and strangles Ralph to death in an epic fight.
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Ralph fatally beats stripper Tracee, which is one of the straws that finally breaks Tony's back.
Christopher hacks up Ralph and puts his head and hands into a bowling bag.
Ralph's toupee falls off as Christopher picks up his head.
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Vito is beaten to death because he's gay.
The cast jokingly called it "The Aprile Curse."
The New York crew shoots him while he's looking at model trains in a toy store.
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Janice was the common thread between Richie Aprile, Ralph Cifaretto and Bobby Baccalieri.
Vito Spatafore shoots Jackie Jr. for trying to rob a poker game.
Tony's girlfriend Gloria hangs herself.
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Soprano soldier and FBI informant Eugene Pontecorvo hangs himself in his basement during the final season.
Furio thinks about killing Tony at one point, but he doesn't end up murdering anyone while he's on the show.
An apparently very constipated Gigi has a heart attack in the bathroom.
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Brendan is taking a bath when Uncle Junior and the hitman walk in.
Phil finally gets what's coming to him when he's gunned down at a gas station.
Phil's own SUV runs over his head after he's shot.
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