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Joe Marinelli, actor from ‘The Morning Show’ and ‘Santa Barbara,’ dead at 68
Actor Joe Marinelli, who had over 50 screen credits and appeared in “The Morning Show” and the daytime soap opera “Santa Barbara,” has died.
No other details were provided.Marinelli had over 50 screen credits, primarily guest roles on popular television programs, with the exception of the daytime soap opera “Santa Barbara.”In 1988, Marinelli began portraying Bunny Tagliatti on the series. He played Tagliatti, a cross-dressing mobster, in more than 170 episodes through 1990, and won a Soap Opera Digest Award for his performance.His earlier appearances were in the mid-1980s, on popular shows including “Cagney & Lacey,” “Hill Street Blues” and “L.A. On Monday evening, Marinelli’s costar from “Santa Barbara,” Leigh J. McCloskey, penned a tribute to the late actor on social media, writing, “He was a great acting partner, teacher, philosophical friend, passionate believer in people, and a storyteller extraordinaire.”
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