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Ray Sharkey was an American actor who won a Golden Globe for his role in The Idolmaker. He also starred in Wiseguy, Wired, and Cop and a Half, but struggled with drug addiction and died of AIDS in 1993.
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.
Ray Sharkey was an American actor who starred in The Idolmaker, Wiseguy and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. He died of AIDS in 1993 after a troubled life of drug addiction and car accidents.
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- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
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...
Ray Sharkey was an actor who appeared in The Idolmaker, Wiseguy and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. He died of AIDS in 1993 after a long struggle with drug addiction and legal troubles.
- Actor, Soundtrack
- June 11, 1993
- November 14, 1952
Jun 13, 1993 · Ray Sharkey was a Brooklyn-born tough-guy actor who starred in the TV series Wiseguy and won a Golden Globe for The Idol Maker. He died in 1993 at 41 of AIDS, after a career of drug and alcohol problems.
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Jun 17, 1993 · Ray Sharkey, actor: born New York City 1953; married Rebecca Wood (marriage dissolved); 1988 Carole Graham (one daughter; marriage dissolved 1992); died New York City 11 June 1993. RAY...
